The FreeBSD NIS(YP) HOWTO
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. New Versions of this Document
- 1.2. Disclaimer
- 1.3. Feedback and Corrections
- 1.4. Acknowledgements
- 2. Glossary and General Information
- 2.1. Glossary of Terms
- 2.2. Some General Information
- 3. NIS, NYS or NIS+ ?
- 3.1. libc 4/5 with traditional NIS or NYS ?
- 3.2. glibc 2 and NIS/NIS+
- 3.3. NIS or NIS+ ?
- 4. How it works
- 4.1. How NIS works
- 4.2. How NIS+ works
- 5. The RPC Portmapper
- 6. What do you need to set up NIS?
- 6.1. Determine whether you are a Server, Slave or Client.
- 6.2. The Software
- 6.3. The ypbind daemon
- 6.4. Setting up a NIS Client using Traditional NIS
- 7. Setting up a NIS Server
- 7.1. The Server Program ypserv
- 8. Verifying the NIS/NYS Installation
- 9. Common Problems and Troubleshooting NIS
- 10. Frequently Asked Questions