Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: NFS, RFS and the meaning of life Message-ID: <5504@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 14:14:59 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5504 Posted: Fri Jan 9 14:14:59 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Jan-87 21:52:41 EST References: <2225@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 11 In article <2225@brl-adm.ARPA> bzs@bu-cs.bu.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: >Also, re Doug Gwyn's question about "is yp_ a necessary part of NFS?" People have since informed me that NFS can exist without YP, and indeed at least one major vendor provides NFS but not YP. Our local YP-worker doesn't like it much either. >... I'd sure hate to try to keep a few dozen >/etc/hosts files et alia up to date (and growing.) That's what domain name servers are for.