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Old 11-03-2008
annoying problem with nis

This is my home set up

I have 2 solaris boxes at home. One is a nis server and one is client.

everytime I start the client without server, it will hang permanently looking for for nis server.

is there a way to get around this? Can you set timeout the nis client?

I use nis becuase my company use nis.
# 2  
Old 11-03-2008
Not directly, but you could set up the client as a NIS slave and get it to lookup against itself.
# 3  
Old 11-04-2008
If you're using the Broadcast method, the downside is, you must have more than one NIS server. Which version of Solaris you're using?
# 4  
Old 11-04-2008
What reborg said. Convert the client into a replicated NIS server, and tell it to use itself for NIS lookups.
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Old 11-04-2008
I'm using solaris 8 but set it as a slave probably a best solution. How can you set up NIS not using broadcast method
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