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Configuring NIS Clients

Clients do not maintain local copies of NIS maps; they query a server each time they need information. To expedite the query process, the NIS client process locates the server at startup and binds the client to the server for subsequent queries.

Every system on the network is a potential NIS client, including NIS servers. A server must be configured as a client if it is to look up data from the NIS database, even though it contains a copy of the database.

Use the NIS Client Configuration form to set these parameters:

Enable NIS client: This selection turns the NIS client function on or off for this host. Select Yes to turn on NIS support, or select No to turn off NIS support on this system.

(Default value: No)

NIS domain name: The name of the domain that contains the NIS maps for this host.

(Default value: none)

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