nis+ - host lookups fail

d_dave_at_my-deja.com
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: 29 Mar 2005 15:32:55 -0800

hi

ive configured my Redhat Linux box for NIS+ but its not resolving
hosts.

niscat hosts.org_dir works
nsswitch.conf's host order is: files nisplus dns
ssh to hosts from the nis+ tables works

but ping and telnet to the hosts dont work.

any ideas?

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