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• Chapter 9, Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)
  • How NIS works <--------- YOU ARE HERE
    • NIS domain
    • NIS maps
    • NIS servers and clients
    • NIS binding
    • About managing users
    • About netgroups
    • Using NIS maps in the password file
    • Using NIS maps in the group file
    • NIS interaction with security modes
    • NIS logfiles
  • Enabling an NIS server
  • Administering an NIS domain
  • Creating NIS maps
  • Administering NIS maps
  • Administering NIS logfiles
  • Administering NIS users and groups
  • Troubleshooting NIS
  • For more about NIS