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about nis

about nis

2006-02-24       - By Jeff Kinz

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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.......




--
Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
speech recognition software may have been used to create this e-mail

Rumsfeld tells Bush, "3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq today."
 "Oh my Lord". says Bush. He sits with his head in his hands
for a long minute and then looks up and asks: "How many is a brazillion?

             ba-da bing!

   (Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.)

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