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Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)

For more about NIS

To obtain more information about NIS files and commands, consult the following reference manual pages:

Manual page Information provided
makedbm(NADM) make NIS ndbm file utility
map2ascii(NADM) NIS database conversion routines
ypinit(NADM) initialize NIS servers and clients
ypmake(NADM) make NIS databases
yppasswdd(NADM) server for modifying NIS password file
yppoll(NADM) query NIS server for NIS map version
yppush(NADM) propagate NIS map from master server to slaves
ypserv(NADM) NIS server, binder, and transfer processes
ypset(NADM) point ypbind at a particular server
ypshad2pwd(NADM) install and update the /etc/passwd.yp passwd file
ypwhich(NADM) which host is NIS server or map master
ypxfr(NADM) transfer NIS map from server to here
netgroup(NF) list of network groups
ypfiles(NF) description of NIS database and directory structure
ypmapxlate(NF) translation table for NIS map names
domainname(NC) set or display current NIS domain
ypcat(NC) print values of an NIS database
ypmatch(NC) print values of one or more keys of NIS database
yppasswd(NC) change login password in NIS

Additional information on NIS may be found in the following book: Managing NFS and NIS; Stern, Hal (1991); O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol CA. ISBN: 0-937175-75-7.


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