Bug 48471

Summary:	init reads /etc/conf.d/ypbind before dhcp is run
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rick F <spam_me_silly>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) <eradicator>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Rick F 2004-04-20 09:06:29 UTC

NISDOMAIN is provided by DHCP, which is run when the network interface is brought up.  Even though /etc/init.d/ypbind is run *after* the network interfaces are initialized, the variable YP_DOMAIN is already set.

DHCPC sets up the file /etc/yp.conf with the NISDOMAIN name.  Because this is a laptop, I need to set the YP_DOMAIN dynamically.  /etc/conf.d/ypbind contains the following:
YP_DOMAIN=`head -1 /etc/yp.conf | cut -f 2 -d\ `
Because this file is run before DHCPC, the value it reads from yp.conf is incorrect.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot
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Actual Results:  
ypbind fails to connect to an NIS server
NIS services are disrupted, passwd, autofs, etc.

Expected Results:  
ypbind uses the NISDOMAIN set by DHCP.

Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-23 23:39:58 UTC

in ypbind-1.17.2-r1 and onward, the nisdomainname is set using /etc/init.d/domainname...

the best solution for you is to just have 'ypdomainname' run in your net.ethX's postup() function.