freebsd stable - Feb 2006 - NSSWITCH errors in /var/log/cron

I have several machines running 6-STABLE that are showing the error listed below
in /var/log/cron every few minutes. Google didn't turn up much of relevance,
other than the fact that this might be related to disabling NIS. And, in fast, I
have NO_NIS=true in /etc/make.conf on every single box.

Is this a bug or a feature? Is it harmful?

The error messages are...

Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon /usr/sbin/cron[95789]: (root) CMD (/usr/libexec/atrun)
Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis,
group_compat, setgrent, not found
Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis,
group_compat, endgrent, not found
Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis,
passwd_compat, endpwent, not found

On 12 Feb 2006, at 00:31, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> I have several machines running 6-STABLE that are showing the error  
> listed below in /var/log/cron every few minutes. Google didn't turn  
> up much of relevance, other than the fact that this might be  
> related to disabling NIS. And, in fast, I have NO_NIS=true in /etc/ 
> make.conf on every single box.
> Is this a bug or a feature? Is it harmful?
>
> The error messages are...
>
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon /usr/sbin/cron[95789]: (root) CMD (/usr/ 
> libexec/atrun)
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup):  
> nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup):  
> nis, group_compat, endgrent, not found
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup):  
> nis, passwd_compat, endpwent, not found
What does your nsswitch.conf look like, and does removing the NIS  
entries fix it?

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                   -- Moliere



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Ceri Davies wrote:
> What does your nsswitch.conf look like, and does removing the NIS 
> entries fix it?
Somebody else pointed out that changing "compat" to "files"
for the group and passwd lines silences the error. It appears to be working.

Thanks.