by NIS"

"International Organization for Standardization"

The fourth line from the bottom of the page now reads:

"As previously mentioned, the largest packet than can be handled..."

Should read: "...packet that can be handled..."

The first sentence of the fourth paragraph now reads:

"When badxid is close to zero, it implies that the network
or one of the network interffaces on the client, server, or
any intermediate routing hardware is dropping packets."

Should read:

"When badxid is much greater than zero..."

The expansion for "ISO" really does not have the initials "ISO." Go
fig.

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and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement
our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality
and life into potentially dry subjects. UNIX and its attendant
programs can be unruly beasts. Nutshell Handbooks help you tame them.

Edie Freedman designed this cover and the entire UNIX bestiary that
appears on other Nutshell Handbooks. The beasts themselves are adapted
from 19th-century engravings from the Dover Pictorial Archive.

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The animal featured on the cover of Managing NFS and NIS is a tree
porcupine, a name meaning "pig with spines." Like the guinea pig, the
porcupine is not a pig at all, but a rodent. The tree porcupine is
native to the eastern United States and northern Canada. In summer it
feeds on green vegetation and the leaves and twigs of deciduous trees;
in winter it eats the bark of evergreens. It will frequently chew away
a complete ring of bark from around the tree, thereby killing it. As a
result of such behavior, the porcupine does millions of dollars of
damage annually to the timber industries.

The spines of the tree porcupine are about two inches long, barbed,
and tend to be concealed by the animal's long, coarse fur. Contrary to
popular belief, the porcupine does not shoot these spines. The spines
are loosely attached to the skin, so when the barb on the spine
catches on an attacker, the spine will pull loose from the
porcupine. Once embedded, spines will tend to work their way further
in and have been known to cause death when they puncture internal
organs.