Network Information Service (NIS) B.11.31.04 Administrator's Guide

NIS Slave Server
An NIS slave server service requests from an NIS client. Configuring one or more NIS
slave servers, to service client requests reduces the load from the NIS master server.
The NIS maps are created on the NIS master server and transferred to the slave servers.
Changes to the NIS maps must be made on the NIS master server, which then transfers
the updated copies of the maps to the NIS slave servers.
NIS Client
An NIS client is a system that obtains its configuration information from either an NIS
master server or an NIS slave server.
A Sample NIS Network
Figure 1-1 represents a typical NIS network consisting of an NIS master server, an NIS
slave server, and the NIS clients.
Figure 1-1 Illustration of a Sample NIS Network
The host name of the NIS master server is mammoth and the host name of the NIS slave
server is ocelot. Both the NIS master and the slave servers reside in the marketing
domain. The client systems Client 1, Client 2, Client 3, Client 4, and Client
12 Introduction