Hi, This is a resend since the first message got apparently lost.
I don't quite understand what is happening here, but there is a boot message (ypwhich: Can't communicate with ypbind), and here is what I get in the syslog (not the time tags out of order): Aug 19 17:35:24 kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Aug 19 17:35:24 nfslock: rpc.lockd startup succeeded Aug 19 17:35:24 rpc.statd[960]: Version 1.0.1 Starting Aug 19 17:35:24 nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded Aug 19 17:35:24 rpc.statd[960]: unable to register (statd, 1, udp). Aug 19 17:35:24 ypbind: ypbind startup succeeded Aug 19 17:35:24 ypbind[978]: Unable to register (YPBINDPROG, YPBINDVERS, udp). <...> Aug 19 17:34:58 date: Mon Aug 19 17:34:58 PDT 2002 Aug 19 17:34:58 rc.sysinit: Setting clock (localtime): Mon Aug 19 17:34:58 PDT 2002 succeeded Aug 19 17:34:58 rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded Aug 19 17:34:58 rc.sysinit: Setting hostname my.hostname.com: succeeded Aug 19 17:34:58 rc.sysinit: Setting NIS domain name my_nis_domain: succeeded <...> Aug 19 17:35:23 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded When the machine is initialized, I can restart ypbind without any problem: $ sudo /etc/init.d/ypbind restart Shutting down NIS services: [FAILED] Binding to the NIS domain... [ OK ] Listening for an NIS domain server: my.domain.server =-= kk1
