fail to log in on NIS client
 

I am failing to log in on a NIS client server. I input the login name and takes long to bring password prompt. It then gives an error :Login timed out after 60 seconds. A boot message also appears : No NIS server found when it attempts to start ypbind.

I am stuck since I need to correct the NIS configuration on the server. How do I login then into the server.

Thanks

You are logging in on a client which gets its authentication information via NIS or you are logging in to a server which serves out NIS information? Or is this a system which serves out NIS information and which also uses itself to authenticate accounts via NIS (so it is both a server *and* a client)?

Usually a local account like root will be authenticated via the normal means and not through NIS. Can you login as root?

Failing that, you might need to reboot the system into single user mode so you can login on the console without NIS running.