Hopes it helps:

I use at my clients:

labo20 ~ # cat /etc/yp.conf
domain pipca server 10.13.10.235 <http://10.13.10.235>

labo20 ~ # cat /etc/nisdomainname
pipca

labo20 ~ # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: files nisplus nis
shadow: files nisplus nis
group: files nisplus nis

hosts: files nisplus nis dns

bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files

ethers: files
netmasks: files
networks: files
protocols: files nisplus nis
rpc: files
services: files nisplus nis

netgroup: files nisplus nis

publickey: nisplus

automount: files nisplus nis
aliases: files nisplus

labo20 ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/ypbind
# Config file for /etc/init.d/ypbind

# Set any command line options you want to pass to ypbind.
YPBIND_OPTS=""
YP_DOMAIN=pipca


On 7/19/05, Jim Hatfield <subscriber@insignia.com> wrote:
> 
> We have a Solaris based YP server.
> 
> On a fresh install I set /etc/yp.conf to:
> domain insignia broadcast
> 
> and set NISDOMAIN to "insignia" in /etc/conf.d/domainname.
> 
> If I run "ypbind -debug" I get:
> 
> >speyburn ~ # ypbind -debug
> >parsing config file
> >Trying entry: domain insignia broadcast
> >parsed domain 'insignia' broadcast
> >add_server() domain: insignia, broadcast
> >[Welcome to ypbind-mt, version 1.17.2]
> >
> >do_broadcast() for domain 'insignia' is called
> >Answer for domain 'insignia' from server 'panther.internal.local'
> >leave do_broadcast() for domain 'insignia'
> >Pinging all active server.
> >Pinging all active server.
> 
> The YP server is correctly identified. I can ping it OK
> in another window. However if I do a ypwhich in another
> window I get:
> 
> >speyburn ~ # ypwhich
> >can't yp_bind: Reason: Domain not bound
> 
> It doesn't make any difference if I use the "-broken-server"
> flag.
> 
> This was working fine on the machine which failed and I'm
> in the process of replacing, and I'm pretty sure I didn't
> do any more than the above.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 


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