I am having similar issues concerning nis after upgrading to ubuntu 12.04 ypbind does not start on boot.
The status command does not show a running process service ypbind status ypbind start/running nor ps -A | grep ypbind I inserted exec > /var/log/nis-debug.log 2>&1 in /etc/init/ypbind.conf after script line and the output in nis-debug.log was No NIS server and no -broadcast option specified. Add a NIS server to the /etc/yp.conf configuration file, or start ypbind with the -broadcast option. my /etc/yp.conf is ypserver nisserver (nisserver is resolved by dns ok, tried to use the ip but the problems seems elsewhere) I dont use network-manager (purged) and my /etc/network/interfaces file is the following allow-hotplug lo eth0 auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcp The problem seems to be that when ypbind is initially started networking is not up yet For now I execute manually after each boot the following command (I will probably add it at /etc/rc.local although this is ugly) service ypbind restart Some lines from /var/log/syslog showing that ypbind is started before networking and although it is respawning it does not succeed Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient ypbind: Host name lookup failure .. Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.10.53 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient dhclient: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.10.53 from 192.168.10.165 Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient dhclient: DHCPACK of 192.168.10.53 from 192.168.10.165 Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient rpcbind: Cannot open '/run/rpcbind/rpcbind.xdr' file for reading, errno 2 (No such file or directory) Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient rpcbind: Cannot open '/run/rpcbind/portmap.xdr' file for reading, errno 2 (No such file or directory) Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient kernel: [ 8.984711] init: portmap-wait (statd) main process (531) killed by TERM signal .. Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient kernel: [ 9.448250] init: ypbind main process (583) terminated with status 1 Jun 4 16:47:48 ubuntutestclient kernel: [ 9.448372] init: ypbind main process ended, respawning .. Jun 4 16:47:54 ubuntutestclient kernel: [ 15.403354] init: wait-for-state (atdypbind) main process (1071) killed by TERM signal Jun 4 16:47:54 ubuntutestclient kernel: [ 15.423670] init: wait-for-state (gdmypbind) main process (1076) killed by TERM signal Jun 4 16:47:54 ubuntutestclient kernel: [ 15.429334] init: wait-for-state (lightdmypbind) main process (1084) killed by TERM signal I have 30 client machines with about 300 users in a school and this is a serious issue that prevents me from upgrading yet. Please look into it and I will try to help as much as I can -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nis in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007293 Title: nis doesn't work anymore after upgrade to 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nis/+bug/1007293/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
