RH9 + NIS, FC1 + ypbind

[Robert Citek]

Has anyone else experienced ypbind just stopping on FC1?

We've got a mixed network of RH9 and FC1 machines.  The NIS server is 
currently running on RH9, and ypbind running on FC1 can connect to the 
RH9 machine to authenticate.  However, occasionally we've noticed that 
the ypbind service on FC1 will simply stop.  A grep through the logs 
doesn't show anything unusual (grep -i bind /var/log/messages*) and a 
status query on the ypbind service (service ypbind status) reports 
"ypbind dead but pid file exists".   Once ypbind is restarted (service 
ypbind restart), users can use the machine again.

kernel: 2.4.22-1.2199.nptlsmp
ypbind: 1.12-3

Has anyone else noticed this behaviour?  Any idea what may be causing 
this, or where to start looking for clues?  Could it be an issue at the 
NIS end?

Regards,
- Robert
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