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diff --git a/src/python/stdlib/test/test_nis.py b/src/python/stdlib/test/test_nis.py
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+from test import test_support
+import unittest
+
+nis = test_support.import_module('nis')
+
+class NisTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_maps(self):
+        try:
+            maps = nis.maps()
+        except nis.error, msg:
+            # NIS is probably not active, so this test isn't useful
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                print "Test Skipped:", msg
+            # Can't raise SkipTest as regrtest only recognizes the exception
+            #   import time.
+            return
+        try:
+            # On some systems, this map is only accessible to the
+            # super user
+            maps.remove("passwd.adjunct.byname")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+        done = 0
+        for nismap in maps:
+            mapping = nis.cat(nismap)
+            for k, v in mapping.items():
+                if not k:
+                    continue
+                if nis.match(k, nismap) != v:
+                    self.fail("NIS match failed for key `%s' in map `%s'" % (k, nismap))
+                else:
+                    # just test the one key, otherwise this test could take a
+                    # very long time
+                    done = 1
+                    break
+            if done:
+                break
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(NisTests)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_main()