After a sleepless night :), i tried to execute this on client machine ypcat -k auto{master,home} >> /etc/auto{master,home} as root, reboot the box and voila it works! But being a newbie on this NIS jungle, am i doing the right thing? am i right in my assumption that every map file that you've share on NIS server must replace/append the local files? e.gauto{master,home},hosts,ethers...etc inorder for it to work? Valuable info and field knowledge are greatly welcome for meditation, thanks a lot :) /joseph -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list