The Linux NIS(YP)/NYS/NIS+ HOWTO

Thorsten Kukuk

1. Introduction

• 1.1 New Versions of this Document
• 1.2 Disclaimer
• 1.3 Feedback and Corrections
• 1.4 Acknowledgements

2. Glossary and General Information

• 2.1 Glossary of Terms
• 2.2 Some General Information

3. NIS, NYS or NIS+ ?

• 3.1 libc 4/5 with traditional NIS or NYS ?
• 3.2 glibc 2 and NIS/NIS+
• 3.3 NIS or NIS+ ?

4. How it works

• 4.1 How NIS works
• 4.2 How NIS+ works

5. The RPC Portmapper

6. What do you need to set up NIS?

• 6.1 Determine whether you are a Server, Slave or Client.
• 6.2 The Software
• 6.3 The ypbind daemon
• 6.4 Setting up a NIS Client using Traditional NIS
• 6.5 Setting up a NIS Client using NYS
• 6.6 Setting up a NIS Client using glibc 2.x
• 6.7 The nsswitch.conf File
• 6.8 Shadow Passwords with NIS

7. What do you need to set up NIS+ ?

• 7.1 The Software
• 7.2 Setting up a NIS+ client
• 7.3 NIS+, keylogin, login and PAM
• 7.4 The nsswitch.conf File

8. Setting up a NIS Server

• 8.1 The Server Program ypserv
• 8.2 The Server Program yps
• 8.3 The Program rpc.ypxfrd
• 8.4 The Program rpc.yppasswdd

9. Verifying the NIS/NYS Installation

10. Common Problems and Troubleshooting NIS

11. Frequently Asked Questions