> "c) If the machine you are installing is a NIS client machine but not a
> server, you need to stop ypbind and remove the file corresponding to the nis
> domain in /var/yp/binding. I just do
>
> rm -f /var/yp/binding/*"
>
> ok, I do have that directory. But how do I know wether or not I'm an NIS
> server?
If you don't know what this is, the answer is that you're not.
Well, he might still be running the yp server. So I think he should
run
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ypserv stop
rpm -e ypserv (or just `chkconfig ypserv off')
Mate