Bug 4687 - ypbind is broken on NFS
Summary: ypbind is broken on NFS
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: ypbind
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Cristian Gafton
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Reported: 1999-08-24 15:47 UTC by rafael
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-04 02:36:48 UTC
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Description rafael 1999-08-24 15:47:01 UTC 
If Your /var is mounted on NFS, ypbind refuses to run
because of the lock files created by itself.
Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 2000-02-04 02:36:59 UTC 
/var/lock should never be a common directory across multiple machines.
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