[Grml] Re: adduser and RPC Connection

[Michael Prokop]

* 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.

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

Yes, that's Debian's useradd.

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

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

regards,
-mika-
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