I've set the IP number of my machine in /etc/rc.config, on the YP_SERVER line, and SuSEconfig has made the file /etc/yp.conf, that says ypserver 192.168.81.38 and I've also set the rc.config line: YP_DOMAINNAME="dogswood.com" and yet, whenever I try to invoke a service that depends on NIS, I get the error message: big-dog ypbind[134]: domain dogswood.com not served by 192.168.81.38 The rc.config file, and the SuSE 5.3 book say things like "ask the admin of the yp-server." Well, that's me. What else do I have to do? Is there something else I need to put in /etc/hosts? Now, it says: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.81.38 big-dog.dogswood.com big-dog All the rpc and yp programs mentioned in all the how-tos seem to be running, but the NIS system doesn't think it has a yp server "bound" where it needs it. The daily cron job spits an error message to the screen: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: No bound server for domain dogswood.com What do I need to do to fix this? Please... jimo@eskimo.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html