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Administering the Network Information Service (NIS)
Administering the Network Information Service (NIS)
The NIS environment
The NIS domain
NIS machine types
NIS maps
Setting up NIS
Setting up an NIS domain
Preparing files on NIS clients
Preparing /etc/hosts.equiv
Preparing .rhosts
Preparing /etc/hosts
Preparing /etc/passwd
Preparing /etc/group
Preparing automounter files
Preparing NIS databases on the master server
Preparing the publickey file
Making the maps
The default Makefile
Making the automounter maps
Setting up the master server
Building the maps
Restricting access to the master server
Setting up slave servers
Setting up NIS clients
Setting up NIS clients for broadcasting
Updating the default NIS maps
Propagating an NIS map
Using crontab with ypxfr
Using shell scripts with ypxfr
Invoking ypxfr directly
Logging ypxfr activity
Obtaining map information
Turning off NIS
Temporarily disabling NIS
Permanently disabling NIS
Administering NIS users
How NIS maps affect security
Changing user passwords in the NIS password database
Starting the yppasswdd daemon
Changing user passwords
How netgroups affect security on an NIS network
Adding a new user to an NIS domain
Adding a user with an entry in the local passwd file
Adding a user without an entry in the local passwd file
Advanced NIS administration
Updating existing NIS maps
Modifying the Makefile
Deleting Makefile entries
Adding Makefile entries
Changing Makefile variables
Creating and modifying non-default maps
Updating maps built from existing ASCII files
Updating maps built from standard input
Adding new NIS maps to the Makefile
Adding a new NIS server to the original set
Adding the new Server to the domain
Notifying clients about the new server
Changing a map's master server
Using NIS in conjunction with DNS
Troubleshooting NIS
Commands hang on clients (server not responding)
NIS is unavailable (client cannot bind to server)
ypbind crashes
ypwhich displays are inconsistent
Servers have different versions of an NIS map
ypserv crashes
For more about NIS