Very Computer

Last login: May 9, 1995 08:04:23 from tty1.
clnttcp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to connect
clnttcp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to connect
Linux 1.2.8 (POSIX)

The problem is, the portmapper is no longer running, so I shouldn't
be seeing this. No NIS daemons are running either, I restored the plain
out-of-the-box /etc configuration I had before. /etc/resolv.conf is gone,
/etc/hosts doesn't make a difference, and all the rest of the files are as
they should be according to the Slackware 2.1.0 archives I compared them to.

I thought it could have been /bin/login, because the version on the bootdisk
is 48 bytes smaller than the version on my hard drive, but changing that
didn't help... What else could rpc.portmap have broken?

I was using NIS over SLIP to access the campus Sun network, but since I'm going
home for the summer, I won't be needing it anymore.

I really don't want to have to reinstall linux again over the summer, but
I guess if nobody can help, I'm just going to have to order Slackware 2.2.0
and do it again...

: clnttcp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to connect

: I was using NIS over SLIP to access the campus Sun network,

Try /etc/host.conf ..  strip 'nis' or 'nys' from the 'order' line.
(I'm not sure which, been a long while since I played with yp & linux.)

stef