Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!sundc!nears!occrsh!occrsh.UUCP!gorgo.UUCP!authorplaceholder From: bsteve@gorgo.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: YP required with NFS? Message-ID: <59000002@gorgo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 23:19:00 EST Article-I.D.: gorgo.59000002 Posted: Mon Jan 12 23:19:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 23:21:21 EST References: <2231@brl-adm.ARPA> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:brl-adm.ARPA:-223100:gorgo.UUCP:59000002:000:1017 Nf-From: gorgo.UUCP!bsteve Jan 12 22:19:00 1987 In response to: mwm@violet.BERKELEY.EDU comp.unix.wizards Subject: YP required with NFS? >And yes, some sort of service like yp is needed. However, yp is *not* >the answer. ....A nice, simple >approach would be to make /etc/hosts, and other such things a symlink >onto a remote mounted file system. I can't see any problems with that >approach, (other than needing the real files there while you boot), >but there are probably some. Anyone tried something like this yet? > >