- adding new users
- Adding a New User to a System
- automount
- auto.home map
- Preparing to Propagate Nonstandard Maps
- auto.master map
- Preparing to Propagate Nonstandard Maps
- Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND). See DNS.
- Using the Domain Name System (DNS)
- binding
- Binding
- Binding to Another NIS Server
- chkconfig utility
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- Daemons
- Configuring NIS on the Client
- Building the Master Maps
- client
- configuring
- Configuring NIS on the Client
- debugging
- Debugging an NIS Client
- defined
- The Client-Server Model
- file control on
- NIS and Other Network Files
- local files for
- Local Files
- setting up
- Setting Up NIS Clients
- specifying the server for
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- starting daemons on
- Starting NIS on the Client
- testing
- Testing the NIS Client
- command failures
- NIS Command Fails
- Command Hangs
- configuration flags. See chkconfig utility.
- Daemons
- crontab tool
- for database updates
- Map Propagation
- Establishing a Customized Update Procedure
- for map propagation
- Periodic Propagation: crontab
- daemons
- required for NIS
- Daemons
- starting
- Starting NIS on the Client
- Starting NIS on the Slave Server
- Starting NIS on the Master Server
- database (NIS)
- The NIS Database
- Verifying ASCII File Contents
- dbm files
- The NIS Database
- Preparing to Propagate Nonstandard Maps
- debugging
- and portmapper functions
- ypbind Fails
- ypserv Fails
- clients
- Debugging an NIS Client
- command errors
- Command Hangs
- NIS Command Fails
- domain name errors
- Command Hangs
- inconsistent ypwhich output
- ypwhich Output Inconsistent
- map propagation failures
- Different Map Versions
- network connection errors
- Command Hangs
- out-of-sync maps
- Different Map Versions
- servers
- Debugging an NIS Server
- server failures
- Command Hangs
- server overload errors
- Command Hangs
- telephone help with
- Before You Call for Help
- DNS
- Using ypserv –i
- Bridging Domain Boundaries
- domain name
- errors in
- Command Hangs
- selecting
- Selecting a Domain Name
- setting
- Setting the Slave Server's Domain Name
- Setting the Master Server's Domain Name
- Setting the Domain
- Domain Name System. See DNS.
- Bridging Domain Boundaries
- domainname command
- Selecting a Domain Name
- domains
- and Internet domains
- Setting the Master Server's Domain Name
- NIS and Internet Domains
- defined
- NIS Domains
- multiple
- and DNS
- Bridging Domain Boundaries
- discussion of
- Multiple NIS Domains
- host resolution order in
- Using ypserv –i
- limitations of
- Establishing Multiple NIS Domains
- setting up
- Establishing Multiple NIS Domains
- update procedure for
- Establishing a Customized Update Procedure
- size limitations of
- Multiple NIS Domains
- error logging
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- /etc/config/rpc.passwd.options file
- NIS Configuration Files
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- /etc/config/ypbind.options file
- NIS Configuration Files
- Using Secure ypset
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- /etc/config/ypmaster.options file
- NIS Configuration Files
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- /etc/config/ypserv.options file
- Using ypserv –i
- NIS Configuration Files
- /etc/hosts file
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- Domain Boundaries
- /etc/init.d/network file
- Daemons
- Starting NIS on the Master Server
- Starting NIS on the Slave Server
- /etc/netgroup file
- Using Netgroups
- Using Netgroups
- /etc/passwd.nis file
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- /etc/resolv.conf file
- Using /etc/resolv.conf
- /etc/sys_id file
- Setting the Master Server's Domain Name
- external data representation (XDR)
- NIS Portability
- NIS Portability
- files
- global
- Global Files
- local
- Local Files
- files. See individual filenames.
- NIS Configuration Files
- font conventions
- Conventions
- home directory structure
- NIS Domains and Server Directories
- host name resolution
- Using the Domain Name System (DNS)
- Global Files
- host names (NIS)
- Setting Up and Testing NIS
- hostname command
- Setting Up and Testing NIS
- Building the Master Maps
- hosts database
- Domain Boundaries
- hosts file
- Domain Boundaries
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- local.make.script file
- Preparing to Propagate Nonstandard Maps
- Creating a Nonstandard NIS Map Manually
- Map Propagation
- logging
- map transfers
- Using yppush
- ypmake functions
- Using yppush
- ypxfr functions
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- login daemon
- Using Netgroups
- make.script file
- Building the Master Maps
- Map Propagation
- Modifying a Standard NIS Map
- makedbm tool
- and map propagation
- Using ypmake
- Map Propagation
- and nonstandard maps
- ASCII File Input
- and nonstandard maps
- Modifying a Nonstandard NIS Map
- purpose of
- The NIS Database
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- map propagation
- debugging
- Different Map Versions
- defined
- The Server Hierarchy
- methods
- Map Propagation
- procedures for
- Propagating an NIS Map
- maps
- creating
- Creating a Nonstandard NIS Map Manually
- defined
- NIS Maps
- directory structure of
- NIS Domains and Server Directories
- keys and values in
- NIS Maps
- modifying
- Modifying NIS Maps after NIS Installation
- nicknames for
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- nonstandard
- creating
- Creating a Nonstandard NIS Map Manually
- defined
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- modifying
- Modifying a Nonstandard NIS Map
- propagating. See map propagation.
- Preparing to Propagate Nonstandard Maps
- See also individual map names.
- NIS Maps
- standard
- defined
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- list of
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- modifying
- Modifying a Standard NIS Map
- steady state of
- NIS Maps
- version errors in
- Different Map Versions
- master server
- building maps on
- Building the Master Maps
- changing
- Changing the Master Server
- defined
- The Server Hierarchy
- selecting
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- setting the domain on
- Setting the Master Server's Domain Name
- setting up
- Setting Up the NIS Master Server
- starting daemons on
- Starting NIS on the Master Server
- testing
- Testing the NIS Master Server
- mountd daemon
- Using Netgroups
- multiple domains. See domains.
- Establishing Multiple NIS Domains
- named daemon. See DNS.
- Using the Domain Name System (DNS)
- netgroup file
- Using Netgroups
- Using Netgroups
- network connection errors
- Command Hangs
- NIS, defined
- What Is NIS?
- nonstandard maps. See maps, nonstandard.
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model
- NIS Portability
- passwd.nis file
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- passwords
- in /etc/passwd file
- Local Files
- on NIS accounts
- Using Secure ypset
- securing for NIS
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- planning recommendations
- General Recommendations
- portability features
- NIS Portability
- portmapper
- portmap daemon
- Binding
- ypserv Fails
- verifying on clients
- ypbind Fails
- verifying on servers
- ypserv Fails
- propagation. See map propagation.
- Map Propagation
- protocols (NIS)
- NIS Portability
- rcp command
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- remote procedure call (RPC)
- NIS Portability
- resolution order. See host name resolution.
- Using /etc/resolv.conf
- resolv.conf file
- Using /etc/resolv.conf
- rlogind daemon
- Using Netgroups
- rpc.passwd daemon
- Changing NIS Passwords
- purpose of
- Daemons
- quick reference to
- NIS Daemons
- rpc.passwd.options file
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- NIS Configuration Files
- rpcinfo tool
- ypbind Fails
- ypserv Fails
- ypserv Fails
- rshd daemon
- Using Netgroups
- Using Netgroups
- server
- debugging
- Debugging an NIS Server
- defined
- The Client-Server Model
- failure of
- Command Hangs
- hierarchy
- The Server Hierarchy
- overloading
- Command Hangs
- See also master server and slave server.
- The Client-Server Model
- shadow passwords
- Local Files
- slave server
- adding
- Adding an NIS Slave Server
- binding for setup
- Binding to Another NIS Server
- building maps on
- Building the Duplicate Maps
- defined
- The Server Hierarchy
- selecting
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- setting the domain on
- Setting the Slave Server's Domain Name
- setting up
- Setting Up NIS Slave Servers
- starting daemons on
- Starting NIS on the Slave Server
- standard maps. See maps, standard.
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- sys_id file
- Setting the Master Server's Domain Name
- tools. See individual tool names.
- NIS Tools
- transfer scripts
- Periodic Propagation: crontab
- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- NIS Portability
- User Datagram Protocol
- NIS Portability
- user groups
- Using Netgroups
- users, adding
- Adding a New User to a System
- /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root file
- Periodic Propagation: crontab
- Using ypmake
- /var/yp directory
- NIS Configuration Files
- /var/yp/local.make.script file
- Map Propagation
- Creating a Nonstandard NIS Map Manually
- Preparing to Propagate Nonstandard Maps
- /var/yp/make.script file
- Modifying a Standard NIS Map
- Building the Master Maps
- /var/yp/ypdomain file
- Selecting a Domain Name
- Command Hangs
- /var/yp/ypmake.log log file
- Using yppush
- /var/yp/ypservers file
- Building the Master Maps
- /var/yp/ypxfr.log log file
- Using yppush
- ypbind daemon
- and client configuration
- Configuring NIS on the Client
- and communication errors
- Command Hangs
- and NIS command errors
- NIS Command Fails
- and server loading
- Command Hangs
- failure of
- ypbind Fails
- primary purpose of
- Daemons
- quick reference to
- NIS Daemons
- restarting
- Command Hangs
- ypbind tool
- and client testing
- Testing the NIS Client
- and server testing
- Testing the NIS Slave Server
- ypbind.options file
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- NIS Configuration Files
- Using Secure ypset
- ypcat tool
- printing map nicknames with
- Standard and Nonstandard Maps
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- ypchpass tool
- and NIS daemons
- Daemons
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- ypdomain file
- Selecting a Domain Name
- Command Hangs
- ypinit tool
- and new servers
- Building the Master Maps
- for duplicating maps
- Building the Duplicate Maps
- for master maps
- Building the Master Maps
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- ypmake tool
- and map propagation
- Using ypmake
- Map Propagation
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- usage examples
- Using ypmake
- using
- Modifying a Standard NIS Map
- ypmake.log log file
- Using yppush
- ypmaster.options file
- Selecting the NIS Master Server
- NIS Configuration Files
- ypmatch tool
- and debugging
- Isolated, One-time Map Propagation Failures
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- yppasswd tool
- and rpc.passwd daemon
- Daemons
- changing NIS passwords
- Changing NIS Passwords
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- yppoll tool
- for map versions
- Different Map Versions
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- yppush tool
- and map propagation
- Using ypmake
- Map Propagation
- Using yppush
- and new maps
- Building the Master Maps
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- usage examples
- Using yppush
- ypserv daemon
- and DNS
- Using ypserv –i
- and portmapper registration
- ypserv Fails
- and the make script
- Using ypmake
- primary functions of
- Daemons
- quick reference to
- NIS Daemons
- ypserv.options file
- NIS Configuration Files
- Using ypserv –i
- ypservers file
- Building the Master Maps
- ypservers map
- Using ypmake
- Adding an NIS Slave Server
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- Adding an NIS Slave Server
- Map Propagation
- ypset tool
- enabling in ypbind.options
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- secure mode
- Using Secure ypset
- ypsetme option
- Using Secure ypset
- Selecting the NIS Slave Servers
- ypwhich tool
- and binding
- Binding
- and client testing
- Testing the NIS Client
- and server testing
- Testing the NIS Slave Server
- Testing the NIS Master Server
- output from
- ypwhich Output Inconsistent
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- ypxfr tool
- and debugging
- Different Map Versions
- and map propagation
- Using ypmake
- Using ypxfr
- Periodic Propagation: crontab
- Map Propagation
- log file for
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- monitoring
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- quick reference to
- NIS Tools
- script errors
- Intermittent, Consistent Map Propagation Failures
- shell scripts
- Periodic Propagation: crontab
- usage examples
- Using ypxfr
- ypxfr.log log file
- Using yppush