NIS client configuration


  Network Information System (NIS) is a system which allows some sharing
  of configuration information across a network. Generally this includes
  user accounts and passwords, and host names.  To set this option, you
  need to know your NIS domain name and optionally the name of a NIS
  server.  This package does not support the configuration of a
  server...yet!

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  The NIS domain name is completely independent from the host fully
  qualified domain name (DNS), as entered in the basic host information
  screen.

  Your network administrator (the one who has set up the _N_I_S server)
  will tell you this name. In many organization this is the same name as
  the DNS name, even if it is unrelated.


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  The NIS server is automatically located using a broadcast.  If this
  fails, you can specify one server. This feature is normally used when
  the server (NIS) is not located on the same physical network (but is
  reached through a router).

  Enter the IP number of the NIS server you want to reach.


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  Every time you modify one user account (add a new one, delete, change
  the password), you have to update the NIS database. This is generally
  done by doing



               cd /var/yp
               make





  If you enable the check-box, linuxconf will do this for you as needed.