While running the ypinit -m script for the setup of an NIS Master Server, you get this error message.
You could be using the wrong nsswitch template for /etc/nsswitch.conf. During setup, you should be using /etc/nsswitch.files as the name services switch template. After setup is complete, you would then want to use /etc/nsswitch.nis. Do the following to verify that you are using nsswitch.files:
# head /etc/nsswitch.conf # --> # /etc/nsswitch.files: |
# cp /etc/nsswitch.files /etc/nsswitch.conf |