reassign 288180 kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64-smp thanks This bug report appears to be a kernel issue: no matter how messed up NIS gets it shouldn't be capable of causing this kind of damage.
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 09:57:26AM +0000, Beezly wrote: > Package: nis > Version: 3.12-3 > Severity: critical > > Installing the nis package on my E4500 kills the machine. It seems to > stop the machine creating new processes althought it's difficult for me > to tell as I have limited physical access to the machine. > > Doing apt-get install nis produces the following... > > gold:/usr/sbin# apt-get install nis > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > nis > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 235kB of archives. > After unpacking 844kB of additional disk space will be used. > Get:1 http://mirrors.shef.ac.uk testing/main nis 3.12-3 [235kB] > Fetched 235kB in 4s (53.7kB/s) > Preconfiguring packages ... > Selecting previously deselected package nis. > (Reading database ... 29539 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking nis (from .../archives/nis_3.12-3_sparc.deb) ... > Setting up nis (3.12-3) ... > Setting NIS domainname to: beezly.org.uk > Starting NIS services: ypbind > > The machine becomes inaccessible after loading ypbind and you cannot > interrupt the terminal, however it IS still possible to ping the > machine. ssh to the machine gets as far as opening a connection, but no > further. > > Marked critical as it flattens my machine, every application and makes > it unusable. > > Anything you want me to try out, please let me know although it can take > me a while to get back to you... I have to drive over two hills to get > to the machine! > > Cheers, > > Andrew > > > -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
