Comment 5 for bug 372426

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banshee (banshee-dreamwiz) wrote : Re:[Bug 372426] Re: NIS not working

yup, i could not fix it so i gave up and
i just login as root, change user and login as myself.
it slows the computer down but it works.....
i would like to know of a fix if there is one..
thanks

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chuck Short" <email address hidden>
>To: <email address hidden>
>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:15:06 -0000
>Subject: [Bug 372426] Re: NIS not working
>
>Hi,
>
>Is this still a problem?
>
>Regards
>chuck
>
>** Changed in: nis (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
>** Changed in: nis (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>--
>NIS not working
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372426
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>
>Status in “nis” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
>Bug description:
>Binary package hint: nis
>
>This is on Ubuntu 9.04 for x86_64
>
>at boot up
>YP bind fails.
>
>then at GDM,
>NIS terminal login does not work
>
>temporary fix:
>login as root, log out, and then NIS does work
>
>permanent fix:
>in /etc/rc2.d/, move nis and gdm after NetworkManager
>in my case, I have
>S50NetworkManager
>
>so I had to move NIS and and GDM to
>S51nis
>S52gdm
>
>
>$ lsb_release --all
>No LSB modules are available.
>Distributor ID: Ubuntu
>Description: Ubuntu 9.04
>Release: 9.04
>Codename: jaunty
>
>$ apt-cache policy nis
>nis:
> Installed: 3.17-17ubuntu1
> Candidate: 3.17-17ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 3.17-17ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>

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