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- NIS client configuration
- Introduction
-
- NIS means Network Information System. It is a system allowing some
- sharing of configuration information across a network. Generally the
- information shared are user accounts and passwords and host names. To
- set this option, you need to know your NIS domain name and optionally
- the name of a NIS server. This package does not support the configuĀ”
- ration of a server ... yet!
-
- 11.. NNIISS ddoommaaiinn nnaammee
-
- The NIS domain name is completely independent from the host fully
- qualified domain name (DNS), as entered in the bbaassiicc hhoosstt iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn
- screen.
-
- Your network administrator (the one who has setup-ed the _N_I_S server)
- will tell you this name. In many organization this is the same name as
- the DNS name, even if it is unrelated.
-
- 22.. NNIISS sseerrvveerr
-
- The NIS server is automaticly located using a broadcast. If this
- fails, you can specify one server. This feature is normally used when
- the server (NIS) is not located on the same physical network (reached
- through a router).
-
- Enter the IP number of the NIS server you want to reach.
-
- 33.. SShhaarriinngg ppaasssswwoorrddss
-
- To enable the sharing of the ppaasssswwdd file using NIS, you must modify
- your own //eettcc//ppaasssswwdd file and add a line at the end containing a
- single ++ character.
-
- It is expected that _L_i_n_u_x will switch to _N_I_S_+ in a short period
- (already available as an independent kit). This is what _L_i_n_u_x_c_o_n_f
- intend to support more comprehensively.
-
-