Notice that immediately before the block you quite there is another block: # # For now, we do not use the /etc/network/if-{up,down}.d # stuff yet. Not sure if it is useful for NIS or how # it should work, exactly. # return 0
which ensures that the check for network interfaces is never actually performed. This is true in the upstream Debian package and in version 3.16-1ubuntu3 which appears to be the latest in Ubuntu. I can't see anything which suggests that it has ever been enabled. -- 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