[Bug 1075234] [NEW] doesn't work with YP/NIS server defined in /etc/yp.conf

[rjc]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

ypbind seems to ignore /etc/yp.conf and passes "-broadcast" to its
options.

/etc/yp.conf:

[begin]
# yp.conf       Configuration file for the ypbind process. You can define
#               NIS servers manually here if they can't be found by
#               broadcasting on the local net (which is the default).
#
#               See the manual page of ypbind for the syntax of this file.
#
# IMPORTANT:    For the "ypserver", use IP addresses, or make sure that
#               the host is in /etc/hosts. This file is only interpreted
#               once, and if DNS isn't reachable yet the ypserver cannot
#               be resolved and ypbind won't ever bind to the server.

# ypserver ypserver.network.com

ypserver mynisserver
[end]

I do have an entry in /etc/hosts for my NIS server.

I checked the the logs and found that "-broadcast" is being used even though ypserver was defined in /etc/yp.conf.
The only reference to "broadcast" I have found was in /etc/init/ypbind.conf.
After hashing "BROADCAST=-broadcast" in that file it all started working just fine.

# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release:	12.04

# apt-cache policy nis
nis:
  Installed: 3.17-32ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 3.17-32ubuntu4.1

Regards,

rjc

** Affects: nis (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: nis yp ypbind

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