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- From: tomiii@mtu.edu (Thomas Dwyer III)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
- Subject: Re: Strange (IMHO) behaviour - pc-nfs 4.0
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.131901.9374@mtu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 13:19:01 GMT
- References: <8944@travis.csd.harris.com>
- Organization: Michigan Technological University
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- >Problem:
- > The PCNFSD server specified is reported as not valid (more than 80% of
- > the time), & a search is started for another server (which is found,
- > but useless for this user). The server that responds TENDS TO BE the
- > first one found in the hosts file on the PC.
- >
- > Additionally, if the named server is moved up in the host file, it is
- > ALWAYS found. What is going on here?
- >
-
- I've noticed this problem also in the "NET NISSET <machine>" command.
- It seems to happen more often when changing NIS servers rather than
- when first setting one. Please reply to the list if you know the
- answer.
-
-
- Tom.III
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