On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:15:25 -0700 Gordon Messmer wrote: > No. NIS is a UDP protocol. The client simply retries forever... > > As long as you use NIS, make sure you have a redundant server. I think we tried redundant servers once, and the clients merely continued to retry the the 1st server forever. Clearly what I really need to do is add a background job that modifies /etc/nsswitch.conf when the server goes up or down :-). -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org