NIS client configuration

Clients query the NIS server every time they need information.

NIS client files come with the NIS package


apt-get install nis

To see if a client can access the NIS services on the NIS server, for example node18, run rpcinfo on the client host:


rpcinfo -p node18 | grep yp

Put the NIS domain name into /etc/defaultdomain

In file /etc/yp.conf, include info about the NIS domain and server, for example:


domain unisys server node18

Make sure the server host name and IP are included in file /etc/hosts.

Remove all the accounts and groups in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group, which are supposed to be inquered from the NIS server.

Modify /etc/passwd and /etc/group as follows: in the end of /etc/passwd, add


+::::::

in the end of /etc/group, add

 
+:::

In file /etc/nsswitch.conf, there should be the following entries:

  
passwd:         compat 
group:          compat 
shadow:         compat 

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

In file /etc/default/nis


NISCLIENT=true

Start ypbind:


/etc/init.d/nis start

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