Very Computer

I'm running SunOS 4.1.3.  Sometimes, very rarely, the system freezes up for
a while, or lags very badly.  I have no idea what it is.  I do have some
NIS information:

   The system in question is an NIS master, has the hosts and passwd files.

   There is another system on the network that runs ypserv, but I have no
   idea why.

   I don't know NIS.

Anyways, this evening it happened, and I went to the console of the system
I suspected rebooted, that other one I mentioned running ypserv, and it was
running quite normally.  It had been up for 10 hours.

This may be a coincedence, but I did a kill -1 <ypserv number> on that system,
and about that time, the main master server began allowing telnets again.

Is there any help on this issue?

Thanks,

Ken.

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!:I'm running SunOS 4.1.3.  Sometimes, very rarely, the system freezes up for
!:a while, or lags very badly.  I have no idea what it is.  I do have some
!:NIS information:

!:   The system in question is an NIS master, has the hosts and passwd files.

!:   There is another system on the network that runs ypserv, but I have no
!:   idea why.

!:   I don't know NIS.

I would suggest that you go to any reasonably well-stocked bookstore, and
buy Oreilly's NIS & NFS book.  It's an excellent start for managing NIS.
I'd suggest any university bookstore, or <free advert> Barnes and Noble.
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Tim Bandy                               University of Minnesota

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