Why NFS/NIS servers are not supported in Fedora core 6,7,8 and 9?

prakasha · 08-28-2008, 02:00 AM

Hi friends,
We were using centralised logins using NIS/NFS server on Fedora Core 5. It is working well with both server and clients in Fedora Core 5. For new clients (with Core 2 duo configuration) core 5 had driver problems. So we installed core 7 and 9 on some of them with sucess, but could not make them clients of core 5 server.
I think that NIS/NFS is not supported in new versions of Fedora. Is it true? Please help!!!

Regards,
Prakasha

trickykid · 08-28-2008, 09:03 AM

The newer versions probably don't work with the older version on FC5. It's usually best practice to keep machines the same, so if you're upgrading a handful, you might as well plan to upgrade all of them. Mixing versions can be a nightmare keeping up with updates, patches and such.

cyclepathology · 08-28-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by prakasha

Hi friends,
We were using centralised logins using NIS/NFS server on Fedora Core 5. It is working well with both server and clients in Fedora Core 5. For new clients (with Core 2 duo configuration) core 5 had driver problems. So we installed core 7 and 9 on some of them with sucess, but could not make them clients of core 5 server.
I think that NIS/NFS is not supported in new versions of Fedora. Is it true? Please help!!!

Regards,
Prakasha

I've got a Fedora 9 web server that acts as an NFS server and also as an NFS client (to a RHAS 4 server). So I know NFS works both ways.

I'm not a big fan of NIS, but that stuff hasn't changed since the 80s. Stuff that doesn't change is hard to break. The ypbind and yp-tools rpms exist for Fedora 9. I believe they have a purpose.

Why do you think NFS and NIS are not supported? What problems are you seeing?