The FreeBSD NIS(YP) HOWTO
Linux version by Thorsten Kukuk
v1.0, 9 March 1999
HOWTOs!NIS
HOWTOs!YP
HOWTOs!NIS+
This document describes how to configure FreeBSD as a NIS(YP) client
and how to install as NIS server.
- 1.1. New Versions of this Document
- 1.2. Disclaimer
- 1.3. Feedback and Corrections
- 1.4. Acknowledgements
- 2.1. Glossary of Terms
- 2.2. Some General Information
- 3.1. libc 4/5 with traditional NIS or NYS ?
- 3.2. glibc 2 and NIS/NIS+
- 3.3. NIS or NIS+ ?
- 4.1. How NIS works
- 4.2. How NIS+ works
- 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
- 7.1. The Server Program ypserv