Problem with nis on client machine

[Michael J Devine <pirate@cet.com>]

Sorry for the continual re-posts, but I mis-stated the problem...

I am not running a slave server, but rather a client machine.  following
the nis.debian.howto document, I need to first stop, then start nis by
typing:

/etc/init.d/nis stop
/etc/init.d/nis start

But I get a nice little message saying:

/etc/init.d/nis: start-stop-daemon: command not found
/etc/init.d/nis: start-stop-daemon: command not found
/etc/init.d/nis: start-stop-daemon: command not found

(yep, 3 times)

So, I'm at the end of my rope, guess you could say I'm a dope on a rope.

Thanks will be handed out in genoerous portions to anyone with any help...

Mike the confused...