* T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [20060717 22:02]:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:49 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error:
rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused [...]
I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to do some rpc calls/connections.
Because you might run userauth via NIS. You didn't notice this before because Debian runs portmapper by default - which grml doesn't.
Ahh, no wonder, thanks for the explanation. Any quick fix?
Start portmapper or just ignore it. Nothing to care about, it just works and does not break anything.
PS. I didn't touch any userauth or NIS setting after the HD installation.
Yes, that's Debian's useradd.
PPS. I don't have any package that begins with yp installed.
But something like nis/nfs/portmap/passwd. ;)
regards, -mika-