Are you positive that you haven't modified the init script yourself? While there is code in the init script that will try to do that it is disabled since it is only partially implemented (as you have noticed).
-- nis client seems to not start at boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/50430 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
