rpcbind.socket is active, nis fails to start because it cannot contact the rpcbind server so I guess it is not using the socket to communicate. Reading the ypbind and ypbind.conf man pages does not have any info or options on registering with rpcbind.
root@tophat:~# systemctl status rpcbind.socket * rpcbind.socket - RPCbind Server Activation Socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rpcbind.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (listening) since Thu 2016-03-17 07:49:58 EDT; 1min 1s ago Listen: /run/rpcbind.sock (Stream) root@tophat:~# systemctl status rpcbind * rpcbind.service - RPC bind portmap service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rpcbind.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/rpcbind.service.d `-50-rpcbind-$portmap.conf Active: inactive (dead) root@tophat:~# systemctl status nis * nis.service - LSB: Start NIS client and server daemons. Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/nis; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Thu 2016-03-17 07:50:33 EDT; 48s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 1230 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/nis start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 0 (limit: 512) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1558196 Title: rpcbind does not start on boot under systemd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpcbind/+bug/1558196/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs