I'm running FC6 on an eMachines laptop. I'm trying to configure NIS for
my growing home network. I seem to be having peculiar problems with the
ypbind init script. When I try to start the init script, it fails:
[root@proteus ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind start
Starting NIS service: [ OK ]
Binding NIS service: ......... [FAILED]
Shutting down NIS service: [ OK ]
However, I find that if I run the init script with the restart option,
it will often, but not always, succeed:
[root@proteus run]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind restart
Shutting down NIS service: [FAILED]
Starting NIS service: [ OK ]
Binding NIS service: ... [ OK ]
If I start ypbind by itself from a command line, it always succeeds. I
verify the successes and failures with ps, ypwhich and ypcat commands.
Anyone have a clue as to what is going on here? I've been looking for
some indication in some log, but haven't found any. The goal is to get
the init script to succeed on boot up. (The init script gives the same
messages at bootup as it does when run with "start" from the command
line.)
Thanks!
Andrew Robinson
