Networking Guide
Chapter 7, Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)

For more about NIS

For more about NIS

To obtain more information about NIS files and commands, consult the following reference manual pages:

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 Manual page        Information provided
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 makedbm(NADM)      make NIS ndbm file utility
 map2ascii(NADM)    NIS database conversion routines
 ypinit(NADM)       initialize NIS servers and clients
 ypmake(NADM)       make NIS databases
 yppasswdd(NADM)    server for modifying NIS password file
 yppoll(NADM)       query NIS server for NIS map version
 yppush(NADM)       propagate NIS map from master server to slaves
 ypserv(NADM)       NIS server, binder, and transfer processes
 ypset(NADM)        point ypbind at a particular server
 ypshad2pwd(NADM)   install and update the /etc/passwd.yp passwd file
 ypwhich(NADM)      which host is NIS server or map master
 ypxfr(NADM)        transfer NIS map from server to here
 netgroup(NF)       list of network groups
 ypfiles(NF)        description of NIS database and directory structure
 ypmapxlate(NF)     translation table for NIS map names
 domainname(NC)     set or display current NIS domain
 ypcat(NC)          print values of an NIS database
 ypmatch(NC)        print values of one or more keys of NIS database
 yppasswd(NC)       change login password in NIS
Additional information on NIS may be found in the following book: Managing NFS and NIS; Stern, Hal (1991); O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol CA. ISBN: 0-937175-75-7.