> It should Just Work with no setup required if the server is on the same
> subnet ...
>> is this just some detail of the NIS server config,
>> e.g. making it listen for broadcast ?
> The server not listening for broadcast is the most likely explanation.
and, sure enough, our sysasmins found that the broadcast was getting
caught between the teeth of the firewall. They've now tamed the
firewall and the default (functionally empty) yp.conf works fine :-)
Eddy.
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