#50430 is titled NIS has problems starting before the network comes up
which is not the case here. The machine is up running, network is
working fine, but apt-get install nis is still showing this behaviour:
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Selecting previously deselected package nis.
Unpacking
This is probably yet another instance of bug 50430.
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nis fails to start
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Does it know which server its contacting?
Regards
chuck
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On a fresh ubuntu 8.04 server 64 install the nis package and voila.
Upon further googleing I figured out that the problem lies with YPBIND and if I
remember correctly and it was a known issue.
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nis fails to start
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