11. NIS (Network Information Systems)

NIS: Centralizing the users, passwords, hosts & networks.

Issue 1: How to update the newly added users (or mapping information)

A: cd var/yp/usr/ccs/bin/make

Issue 2: When NIS user unable to login?

 A: simply I check out the user, pwds

Issue 3: disable the NIS services?

A: simply start and stop the services which are related to NIS (or)

Simply update the maps.

NOTE: In my organization LDAP configuration used so very less to get the problems

-          NIS information stored in ‘nis maps’

-          All maps located in ‘/var/yp/domain name’ file

-          Configure the maps on server

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