After some more testing, it's definitely a DNS issue on probably early boot stages without network. So there are two ways to workaround:
1. Only use IP addresses in /etc/yp.conf 2. Add your NIS server to /etc/hosts I am using the later one on Ubuntu 14.04. But i still don't why ypbind will skips if it can't resolve the server name, but keeps on running when it probably can't connect the server yet? And no i don't want to have static IPs in all clients as i quite trust my DHCP servers and i always prefer FQDN for network migrations. -- 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/993259 Title: ypbind does not start on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nis/+bug/993259/+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
