Chapter 4 Configuring and Administering NIS

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Overview of NIS

Information Managed by NIS
Structure of the NIS Network

Planning the NIS Network

To Determine the Number of NIS Domains You Need
To Determine the Number of NIS Servers You Need
To Determine Which Hosts Will Be NIS Servers
To Draw an NIS Network Map

Configuring and Administering an NIS Master Server

To Create the Master passwd File
To Create the Master group File
To Create the Master hosts File
To Enable NIS Master Server Capability
To Verify Your NIS Master Server Configuration
To Configure the NIS Master Server to Use a Private passwd File
To Restrict Client and Slave Server Access to the Master Server
To Check the Contents of an NIS Map
To Modify an NIS Map
To Add an Automounter Map to Your NIS Domain
To Remove an Automounter Map from Your NIS Domain
To Add a Slave Server to Your NIS Domain
To Remove a Slave Server from Your NIS Domain
To Query BIND for Host Information After Querying NIS
To Use NIS With Short File Names
To Configure an HP-UX Master Server in a Domain with Sun Systems

Configuring and Administering an NIS Slave Server

To Edit the Slave Server's passwd File
To Edit the Slave Server's group File
To Enable NIS Slave Server Capability
To Verify Your NIS Slave Server Configuration
To Schedule Regular Map Transfers from the NIS Master Server
To Restrict Access to the Slave Server

Configuring and Administering an NIS Client

To Edit the NIS Client's passwd File
To Edit the NIS Client's group File
To Enable NIS Client Capability
To Verify Your NIS Client Configuration
To Tell Users How to Use yppasswd
To Prevent a Client from Binding to Unknown Servers
To Bind an NIS Client to a Server on a Different Subnet

Configuring and Administering Secure RPC

To Have Users Create their Secure RPC Keys
To Create Secure RPC Keys for Users
To Create Secure RPC Keys for Hosts
To Tell Users How to Use Secure RPC

Summary of NIS Commands

The Network Information Service (NIS), previously called "Yellow Pages," is a distributed database system that allows you to maintain commonly used configuration information on a master server and propagate the information to all the hosts in your network. This chapter explains how to configure and administer the servers and clients in an NIS domain. It contains the following sections:




	NOTE: NIS is not supported across extended LANs (LANs separated by routers or bridges). NIS is also not supported across WAN links, like X.25 and SLIP.

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