Action

Check the following:

• Make sure the NIS map name is spelled correctly. To see a list of nicknames for the various NIS maps, run the ypcat -x command.

• To see a full list of the various NIS maps (databases), run the ypwhich -m command.

• If the NIS service was not running on the current machine, these commands would result in this message: "can't communicate with ypbind".