I received a reply from a developer on the upstream project. This switch is omitted by design.
According to Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX it's... "Because you should not use it. It does more harm and creates more problems then it is useful." -- ypbind man page does not document -p switch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nis in ubuntu. -- 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