Re: netinfo and bile

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From: Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 06:59

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I had similar problems with Netinfo; fixed it by removing all the old
netinfo stuff (including the password file) AND MOST IMPORTANTLY 
editing the /etc/hostconfig file not to use routed
(here is a sample:
#
# /etc/hostconfig
#
# This file sets up shell variables used by the various rc scripts to
# configure the host.  Edit this file instead of rc.boot.
#
# Warning:  This is sourced by /bin/sh.  Make sure there are no spaces
#	    on either side of the "=".
#
# There are some special keywords used by rc.boot and the programs it
# calls:
#
#	-AUTOMATIC-	Configure automatically
#	-YES-		Turn a feature on
#	-NO-		Leave a feature off or do not configure
#
HOSTNAME=Weyl
INETADDR=192.42.172.2
ROUTER=-NO-
IPNETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPBROADCAST=-AUTOMATIC-
NETMASTER=-NO-
YPDOMAIN=-NO-
TIME=-AUTOMATIC-

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After that I logged in (as me), niloaded by hand the /etc/passwd
/etc/group, /etc/fstab, /etc/printcap, etc etc files (which I nidump
every night just for such emergencies), rebooted, and was there. 

I agree with your comments on emacs (it is still version 18.55 and
somewhat crippled -- can't run lisp/scheme subprocesses), but co-Xist
is not that slow (I am speaking of 3.0) and I use it all the time. 

Yes Netinfo is a pain -- and using the NextAdmin managers does
unpredictable things to you (it sed's the /etc/hostconfig file to what
IT thinks you may want).  I wish NeXT would let us do things in a more
controllable way!
--
Hardy 
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Meinhard E. Mayer,  Department of Physics, UC Irvine 
e-mail: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (preferred) or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET

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