what is the use of NIS how can u configure
- 1 Answers
- 3622 Views
- IBM, I also Faced
- E-Mail Answers
Answer / pulin
NIS, (Network Information Services), enables account logins
and other services (host name resolution, xinetd network
services configuration, ...), to be centralized to a single
NIS server.
NIS allows a central server to manage password
authentication, host, services, etc which would normally be
provided by the local
files /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/groups, /etc/hosts, /et
c/services, /etc/networks, /etc/rpc, /etc/protocols, /etc/al
iases
Requires RPM packages:
•ypbind - RPC port binding service
•portmap - RPC port mapping
•ypserv - NIS server daemons
•yp-tools - NIS support commands (ypcat, yppasswd,
ypwhich, ...)
•nscd - Handles password and group lookups and caches the
results. Used by LDAP and NIS. Configuration of nscd
defines which files are supported by NIS. i.e.
authentication requires passwd, shadow and group file
support. Uses configuration file /etc/ncsd.conf
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 1 No |
what r the configuration files for rlogin and ssh
What does init 0 do?
i have sun ultra10 machine,OS is solaris 9 and i have single harddisk, now i want same ,exact copy of data in anoher harddisk so that i should be able boot from new harddisk, how do yo do this? is it called as cloning?
What is the difference between Vxdmp and EMC powerpath?
what are the questions that will be asked for a 3yrs experienced candidate in solaris system admin. how to face first hr round if one puts fake experience of 2or 3 yrs in solaris system admin. please respond with an opt answer. thank you in advance...
If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, whats wrong?
what is RBac and how to create a role?
how to install multiple patches
what is the significance of 51% state database replicas in SVM?
how to add patched to the kernel
what are raid 0 ,1 ,5
Custom jumpstart works on which protocol? or What basis custom jumpstart works on?
Solaris Commands 
