Hi I'm wondering what is the best way to activate NIS in kickstart file. without desactivating the ipchains in RH7.3 The client seem to use random udp port under 1024 to try to contact the nis server and ipchains discard them by default. Thanks in advance for any help -- Eric Doutreleau I.N.T | Tel : +33 (0) 160764687 9 rue Charles Fourier | Fax : +33 (0) 160764321 91011 Evry France | email : Eric.Doutreleau@xxxxxxxxxxx