The NIS (Network Information Service) server
https://www.thkukuk.de/nis/nis/ypserv/
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a system that provides network information (login names, passwords, home directories, group information) to all of the machines on a network. NIS can allow users to log in on any machine on the network, as long as the machine has the NIS client programs running and the user's password is recorded in the NIS passwd database. NIS was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). This package provides the NIS server, which will need to be running on your network. NIS clients do not need to be running the server. Install ypserv if you need an NIS server for your network. You also need to install the yp-tools and ypbind packages on any NIS client machines.
Version: 4.2
File Formats | |
| netgroup | specify network groups |
| ypserv.conf | configuration file for ypserv and rpc.ypxfrd |
System Administration | |
| makedbm | create or dump a ypserv database file |
| mknetid | generate data for netid map |
| pwupdate | updates passwd and shadow NIS map |
| revnetgroup | generate reverse netgroup data |
| rpc.yppasswdd | NIS password update daemon |
| rpc.ypxfrd | NIS map transfer server |
| yphelper | helper application for internal use |
| ypinit | NIS database install and build program |
| yppasswdd | alias for rpc.yppasswdd |
| yppush | force propagation of changed NIS databases |
| ypserv | NIS Server |
| ypxfr | transfer NIS database from remote server to local host |
| ypxfrd | alias for rpc.ypxfrd |