Mark Rewis wrote:
> 
> Having said all that:
> 			I cannot log into the client machines as anyone listed in the
> master's hosts 			file

  You mean password file, right?

> 			It appears that the various local files ( hosts, group, passwd )
> are 			not being replaced or appended, respectively ( once again ypcat
> shows 
> 			valid info for passwd and group).
> 

  They shouldn't be, at least in my experience with YP/NIS.  The various
library routines grab the stuff from the maps themselves.
  You are running ypbind on the clients, right?

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