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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index 621e9f8c2e..bc7d3de276 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -520,6 +520,15 @@ client (the NIS_COLD_START file is byte order independent) or generate it with nisinit from the nis-tools package (available at http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html). +?? I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc will + continue using NIS. + +{TK} For faster NIS lookups, glibc uses the /var/yp/binding/ files +from ypbind. ypbind 3.3 and older versions don't always remove these +files, so glibc will use them furthermore. Other BSD versions seem to +work correct. Until ypbind 3.4 is released, you can find a patch at +ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/NIS/ypbind-3.3-glibc2.diff. + ?? After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly. {AJ} You probably should read the manual section describing |