diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 83e942784..174222fd9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-03-17  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	* src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c: Do "rcypbind reload" to send the
+	  signal SIGHUP to ypbind, not "rcypbind restart" to physically restart
+	  it, in case it is not running in the first place.  We just want its
+	  configuration reloaded.
+
 2006-03-15  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* gnome/applet/applet.glade, gnome/applet/wso-wep-ascii.c,
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
index 07c21a023..bc376ef1f 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
@@ -1112,8 +1112,8 @@ void nm_system_activate_nis (NMIP4Config *config)
 
 			if (stat ("/usr/sbin/rcypbind", &sb) != -1)
 			{
-				nm_info ("Restarting ypbind.");
-				nm_spawn_process ("/usr/sbin/rcypbind restart");
+				nm_info ("Asking ypbind to reload its configuration.");
+				nm_spawn_process ("/usr/sbin/rcypbind reload");
 			}
 			if (stat ("/usr/sbin/rcautofs", &sb) != -1)
 			{