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Re: clout closed

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From: Karl Denninger
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:48
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In article <1993Jan12.143608.5659@serveme.chi.il.us> greg@serveme.chi.il.us (Gregory Gulik) writes:
>In article <MWS3SEHMH@linac.fnal.gov> matt@severian.chi.il.us (Matt Crawford) writes:
>>
>>This isn't a crash, per se.  Is it some known cause, like a full disk
>>or like that-there?
>
>I think it had something to do with NIS getting messed up.
>Go figure.

Yeah, its known as "you're running a Sun -- so reboot the bastard"

Suns are notorious, and have been for years, for getting their brains
scrambled.  It is only recently that they've >begun< to clean up their act
in the OS support area (ie: NIS, NFS, etc).  It still doesn't work quite
right.

BTW, what does CLOUT need NIS for if its one machine?

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