> "c) If the machine you are installing is a NIS client machine but not a
   > server, you need to stop ypbind and remove the file corresponding to the nis
   > domain in /var/yp/binding. I just do
   > 
   >   rm -f /var/yp/binding/*"
   > 
   > ok, I do have that directory. But how do I know wether or not I'm an NIS
   > server?
   
   If you don't know what this is, the answer is that you're not.

Well, he might still be running the yp server.  So I think he should
run

/etc/rc.d/init.d/ypserv stop
rpm -e ypserv  (or just `chkconfig ypserv off')

Mate
 

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