about nis

[Jeff Kinz]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:25:44AM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On all machines, confirm that the domain name is set properly
> (just enter "domainname" and verify it).  On the master, make sure
> ypserv is running.
> 
> Now, if the clients really are clients (and not slave servers), you
> simply need to do a couple of things:
> 
> 1. Edit /etc/yp.conf on the CLIENTS and make sure there is a line such
> as: ypserver name-or-IP-address-of-master > > in it.
> 
> 2. Edit the /etc/nsswitch.conf file on the CLIENTS and modify the lines
> for "passwd", "shadow" and "group" to include "nisplus nis":

> 3. Restart ypbind on the clients: service ypbind restart
> 
> 4. Test the clients to make sure they're picking up the map you want:
> 	ypwhich -m

> That should do it.


Huh, Rick Stevens takes a $35 book, 400 pages long and reduces the
entire tome to four simple steps.


	Typical Rick..... :)


In other news O'Reilly publishing has asked a judge for an injunction
preventing Rick from responding to emails.......




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