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112 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
NIS Client
NIS (Network Information System) provides simple and generic client-server database access
facilities that can be used to distribute information. This makes the network appear as a single
system, with the same accounts on all hosts. The objective of this feature is to allow the
administrator to manage BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server accounts on a NIS server.
The NIS client feature needs these following files/commands:
NIS Client Configuration
Step 1: Run the command domainname.
You ll want to make sure that you have the NIS domain name set.
Command : domainname [NIS domain name]
show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
Ex : #domainname cyclades-nis
Step 2: Edit the /etc/yp.conf file.
/etc/yp.conf This file contains the configuration used by ypbind.
/etc/domainname.conf This file contains the NIS domain name (set by the command
domainname).
/usr/sbin/ypbind Finds the server for NIS domains and maintains the NIS binding
information.
/usr/bin/ypwhich Returns the name of the NIS server that supplies the NIS
services.
/usr/bin/ypcat Prints the values of all keys from the NIS database specified by
map name.
/usr/bin/ypmatch Prints the values of one or more keys from the NIS database
specified by map name.
/usr/sbin/domainname Shell script to read/write the NIS domain name.