Delete user account from passwd and NIS

I was wondering if there was a quicker method to remove a user account
from the /etc/passwd file and NIS yppasswd database. What I execute is
as follows:

% userdel -r username
% cd /var/yp
% make
% /etc/init.d/ypserv restart (I had to do this)
% grep username /etc/passwd
% ypcat passwd | grep username

Without the restart of the ypserv service,the account would still be
display when I did the ypcat.

Version of ypserv I'm using on a RH9.x server: ypserv-2.8-0.9E

I also have to restart the service after I add a new user.

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> % /etc/init.d/ypserv restart (I had to do this)

man ypinit

Isn't executing make in /var/yp the same thing? Which I'm doing in
separate steps.

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> Isn't executing make in /var/yp the same thing? Which I'm doing in
> separate steps.

It *might* be, but apparently isn't. Did you examine the Makefile?

Ah! I looked at my log after running ypinit and noticed it restarted
the service also. Good.

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> Ah! I looked at my log after running ypinit and noticed it restarted
> the service also. Good.
>
Good, otherwise I would suggest you to flush the maps in the clients.
Sometimes I have the problem I change the maps in the master server but
some clients do not get it, forcing me to flush them in those clients.

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