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<DIV><SPAN class=078385222-20092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey all
y'all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=078385222-20092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know how to
configure a nis master and a nis slave, so if the master goes down, the slave
will take over the traffic. But I'm afraid of what happens if the master
catches fire. Because the slave only answers queries, it doesn't keep a
copy of its own files, I have no way to pick up the pieces and move on, if the
master suffers a catastrophic failure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=078385222-20092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>For example, suppose
the master loses its hard drive completely. And the slave starts taking
all the traffic. And then I decide to add a new user. Well, I no
longer have the /etc/passwd file that the master was serving, and all those
other files. So how, then, could I run make from /var/yp? It seems
to me that I'd be up the creek.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=078385222-20092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anybody have any
good suggestions to help me with my reliability fears?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=078385222-20092005><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=078385222-20092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in
advance....</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>