[Grml] Re: adduser and RPC Connection

[Michael Prokop]

JFYI:

* Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> [20060717 22:09]:
> * T <mlist4suntong at yahoo.com> [20060717 22:02]:
> > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:49 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:

> > >> whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error:

> > >> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection
> > >> refused [...]

> > >> I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to
> > >> do some rpc calls/connections.

> > > Because you might run userauth via NIS. You didn't notice this before
> > > because Debian runs portmapper by default - which grml doesn't.

> > Ahh, no wonder, thanks for the explanation. Any quick fix? 

> Start portmapper or just ignore it. Nothing to care about,
> it just works and does not break anything.

Still valid.

> > PS. I didn't touch any userauth or NIS setting after the HD installation. 

> Yes, that's Debian's useradd.

Not true, I meant adduser. useradd does not include/execute nis-stuff.

> > PPS. I don't have any package that begins with yp installed. 

> But something like nis/nfs/portmap/passwd. ;)

It's nis. If nis is installed, adduser is executing 'rpcinfo -p'
which leads to the above mentioned "error"-message.

A bugreport against adduser (on request by Marc 'Zugschlus' Haber,
one maintainer of the adduser-package at Debian, thanks for taking
care, Marc) has been sent to the Debian BTS:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381923

Tip of the day: run 'debbug 381923' or 'debbugm 381923' on your grml-box. :)

Finally: grml 0.8 won't ship nis anymore, so you won't notice this
warning message up from now at all.

regards,
-mika-
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