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Setting up NIS

Setting up an NIS domain

Before you configure machines as NIS servers or clients, you must plan the NIS domain. Some of the tasks you perform during this planning stage include:

You will probably want all hosts in your network's administrative domain to receive NIS services, although this is not strictly necessary. If this is the case, give the NIS domain the same name as the network administrative domain.
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