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nis package

  1. Bug #233807
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 233807

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benmhall (ubuntu-linuxgruven) wrote :

I can confirm that this has been the case since at least Ubuntu 7.10.

In Q#32163, Art Cancro mentions resorting the start order to "fix" the problem. Indeed, the following solved my problem:

sudo mv /etc/rc2.d/S18nis /etc/rc2.d/S30nis

This is a serious bug for environments using Ubuntu with NIS and NFS. This was working properly in 6.06 and earlier and I can confirm that it breaks during upgrades. Since this fix seems so trivial, I hope that updated packages are released soon.

I work in a University setting where this would have been a big show stopper for deployment. I'm relieved that there is such a trivial workaround.