rpcbind.socket is active, nis fails to start because it cannot contact the rpcbind server so I guess it is not using the socket to communicate. Reading the ypbind and ypbind.conf man pages does not have any info or options on registering with rpcbind.
root@tophat:~# systemctl status rpcbind.socket
* rpcbind.socket - RPCbind Server Activation Socket
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rpcbind.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (listening) since Thu 2016-03-17 07:49:58 EDT; 1min 1s ago
Listen: /run/rpcbind.sock (Stream)
rpcbind.socket is active, nis fails to start because it cannot contact the rpcbind server so I guess it is not using the socket to communicate. Reading the ypbind and ypbind.conf man pages does not have any info or options on registering with rpcbind.
root@tophat:~# systemctl status rpcbind.socket system/ rpcbind. socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
* rpcbind.socket - RPCbind Server Activation Socket
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: active (listening) since Thu 2016-03-17 07:49:58 EDT; 1min 1s ago
Listen: /run/rpcbind.sock (Stream)
root@tophat:~# systemctl status rpcbind system/ rpcbind. service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled) generator/ rpcbind. service. d
`-50- rpcbind- $portmap. conf
* rpcbind.service - RPC bind portmap service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Drop-In: /run/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead)
root@tophat:~# systemctl status nis sysv-generator( 8) /etc/init. d/nis start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
* nis.service - LSB: Start NIS client and server daemons.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/nis; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Thu 2016-03-17 07:50:33 EDT; 48s ago
Docs: man:systemd-
Process: 1230 ExecStart=
Tasks: 0 (limit: 512)