about nis

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 14:25 -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> 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.......

Heheheheh!  They'll never catch me!

(phone rings)
"Yes?"
(mumble mumble)
"Oh, uh, Ok.  Be right there."

Gotta run.  Some guys from the FBI want to talk to me about something...

:-)

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