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To: "Christopher T. Griffiths" <cgriffiths@quansoo.com>
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Subject: Re: NIS and DES password setup 
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From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>
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>The problem is when I ypbind -S domain-name,master and I try to do a ypcat
>of the passwd file it just sits there and finally throws an error stating
>it cannnot find or bind to the specified server.

For purposes of debugging I would suggest first running ypbind without
the -S flag.  If that works then it's pretty likely your problem has to
do with name resolution.

-Mitch


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