Thanks to all who replied, 35 in all.
The solution was to remove a blank line which had crept into /etc/services
on the yp master.
Some claimed this was in the FAQ, I couldn't find it there.
Some claimed it was in Sunsolve, which i think it is.
davidw
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>
> Several suns on our network have begun to fail to start lpd when they
> boot. Anyone know what might cause this error:
>
> lpd[123]: printer/tcp: unknown service
>
> I can start the demon by hand ok once the sun has booted.
>
> SUNOS 4.1.3
>
> davidw
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