These are the nsswitch results: ------------------------------ $ ls -l /etc/nsswitch.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 600 May 1 11:28 /etc/nsswitch.conf
------------------------------ $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. # If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try: # `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file. passwd: files nis compat group: files nis compat shadow: files nis compat hosts: files nis dns #hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 networks: files protocols: db files services: db files ethers: db files rpc: db files netgroup: nis automount: files nis ------------------------------ $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 terra.sat.dundee.ac.uk terra # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters I guess the 'hosts' entry was edited/replaced to add NIS, and also the netgroup and automount were added. I presume this is due to NIS not doing this sort of thing automatically when you install it (it asks for the domain, I think). I don't really understand NIS, and the guy usually responsible for this sort of thing is away, but as far as I know it only provides local-area user/machine authentication and so I would be surprised if it 'knows' about anything outside of our sub-domain (like google, or even the other university machines as they are not part of our NIS set-up). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999725 Title: broken start-up dependencies for ntp To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/999725/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
