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Administering the Network Information Service (NIS)
Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)
How NIS works
NIS domain
NIS maps
Understanding YP_MAP_X_LATE
Propagating an NIS map
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
Security limitations on configuration
Map integration restrictions in Secure Mode
Special NIS password change
NIS logfiles
Enabling an NIS server
Planning an NIS configuration
Selecting domains
Selecting servers
Security
Setting up an NIS server
Editing YP_MAP_X_LATE
Checking the NIS domain name
Adding NIS to your PATH variables
Initializing NIS
Initializing a master server
Initializing a slave server
Initializing a copy-only server
Initializing an NIS Client
Reinitializing a server
Starting and stopping NIS
Administering an NIS domain
Modifying server attributes
Propagating maps
Modifying the remote binding mode
Modifying the local binding mode
Modifying the NIS domain name
Modifying the list of NIS servers
Adding an NIS server to the server list
Removing an NIS server from the server list
Changing the master NIS server
Creating NIS maps
Modifying existing maps
Creating new maps
Administering NIS maps
Modifying the map list
Modifying map attributes
Viewing timestamp
Modifying map names and aliases
Synchronizing servers
Retrieving maps from the master server
Distributing maps to nonmaster servers
Administering NIS logfiles
Administering NIS users and groups
Managing distributed user accounts
Modifying group attributes on servers
Creating netgroups
Distributing home directories
Troubleshooting NIS
NIS logging
NIS server problems
Domain name problems
Network problems
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