Linux NIS daemon: ypbind-mt

The current version of the ypbind-mt is: 1.19.1

The ypbind-mt package contains a multithreaded ypbind daemon for Linux. It uses threads for better response and supports the ypbind protocols version 1 and version 2. A list of features from this new implementation:

• Supports bindings to multiple domains.
• Supports /var/yp/binding/* file for Linux libc 4/5 and glibc 2.x.
• Supports a list of known secure NIS server (/etc/yp.conf)
• Binds to the server which answered as first if the old one is down.
• Check all 15 minuts, if the current server is really the fastest.

ypbind-mt 1.19.1 is the latest stable version. Read the ypbind-mt NEWS and ChangeLog file for more information.

ypbind-mt compiles and works on Linux with glibx 2.x (libc6). Due a bug in the SunRPC code, you should use glibc 2.0.x or glibc 2.1.1 and greater. It should work on every System with POSIX threads and glibc 2.x. It works under Linux with libc5 and linuxthreads 0.7.1, but libc5 isn't really thread safe and should not be used with threads.

• ypbind-mt-1.19.1.tar.gz (190kb)
• ypbind-mt-1.19.1.tar.bz2 (144kb)

• Write better yp.conf parser.
• Better support for multihomed hosts.
• Make time for fastest server check an option (15min. in the moment)