Symptoms:

Common symptoms of NIS binding problems include:

• Messages saying that ypbind can't find or communicate with a server.

• Messages saying server not responding.

• Messages saying NIS is unavailable

• Commands on a client limp along in background mode or function much slower than normal.

• Commands on a client hang. Sometimes commands hang even though the system as a whole seems fine and you can run new commands.

• Commands on a client crash with obscure messages, or no message at all.