[Adduser-devel] Bug#381923: rpcinfo: can't contact portpammer: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused

[Michael Prokop]

Package: adduser
Version: 3.95
Severity: normal


If the nis-package is installed and available,
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm
executes '/usr/bin/rpcinfo -p'.

If portmap isn't running, rpcinfo returns:

  rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused

Running 'adduser $USERNAME' prints 3 of those messages:
one for 'Adding user', one for 'Adding new group' and another one
for 'Adding new user ... with group ...'.

Would be nice to improve handling of nis "error messages" as people
seem to interpret the message as a bug.

regards,
-mika-