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Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 6:54 PM
Subject: RE: NIS Server and Client
does ypbind need to run on both machines?
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Iain Rae [mailto:iainr civ hw ac uk]
> Sent:
Wednesday, 3 May 2000 4:28
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
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Subject: Re: NIS Server and Client
>
>
> Kevin_Saenz dell com wrote:
>
>
> > Has any one got a no nonsence and easy way to
configure
> > both a NIS server and NIS Client. I have been doing a
lot
> > of RTFM and have got no where. I would like to get
NIS
> > running nicely.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
> > Kevin Saenz
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> hmmm have you
checked the NIS howto?
>
>
> off the top of my
head:
>
> make sure the source files are the way you want them,
> RH will probably default to using shadow passwords for NIS so
you may
> have to run pwconv and grpconv or hack the NIS
makefile.
>
> make sure NISDOMAIN is set in
/etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/yp*.conf
> make sense and domainname is
returning your NIS domain
>
> run ypserv (/etc/rc.d/init.d/ypserv
start)
>
> initialise the maps by running /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m
(you will be
> prompted for the names of slave servers etc)
> If
any of the maps fail go back and fix the problem ( might
> be as
simple
> as touch /etc/somefile)
>
>
> run ypbind
(/etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind start)
>
> and you should be able to do
ypwhich.
> --
> Iain Rae
> Computing Officer
> Dept.
Civil & Offshore Engineering
> Heriot-Watt University
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