network problems after installation

[Bill Nottingham]

David Mack (davidwmack at gmail.com) said: 
> This is still broken. The idea that ypbind should be able to function
> even if it can only use loopback is absurd. It has to contact a
> server. This not only breaks ypbind, it breaks autofs (the maps come
> from NIS) and it will break everything else that depends on NIS data.

If you use the current rawhide NetworkManager & haldaemon, setting
NETWORKWAIT in /etc/sysconfig/network will give you the behavior
you desire. (You may need to run chkconfig --resetpriorities on
haldaemon and NetworkManager to move them earlier.)

Bill