On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 02:34:24AM -0400, Haim Dimermanas wrote:
They have the same netmask. Let me make sure .... yes they do :) We don't use NIS to submit the netmask, all servers have their IP/Netmask configured properly.
It sounds as if you're using Wietse Venema's secure portmapper or the BSD portmapper (I'm not sure if includes Venema's changes, but it behaves similarly). Netapps and other simple NIS clients (including some stock Unix NIS clients) can't handle the secure portmapper. The port forwarding is disabled because a forwarded connection appears to the receiving RPC daemon to have come from the local host, which thwarts host-based access control.
I don't know how to turn that behavior off, though. I have heard it is possible (and short of actually changing the code) but I haven't actually spoken to anyone who has succeeded. It's probably not worth it anyway; you probably don't want to weaken security, and the filer works better with local files. Just add dumping the maps to the filer to the yp make process.
I would be interested to hear how to disable security on the portmapper, though.
ejt