topic Re: NIS in Operating System - Linux

NIS

Abhirama.M.V — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:44:15 GMT

hi all,
I have installed NIS server in my system.
How to share a file in that?
plz anyone can help me...?

Re: NIS

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:21:14 GMT

Shalom,

Tell us what version of Linux. Distribution.

If red hat 4.

system-config-authenticaion

Use the gui and you are done

system-redhat-authentication for Red Hat 3.

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch30_:_Configuring_NIS

SEP

Re: NIS

Steven Schweda — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:39:31 GMT

> How to share a file in that?

Do you want NIS or NFS?

Re: NIS

Ivan Ferreira — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:00:13 GMT

>> How to share a file in that?

Automount/autofs?

Re: NIS

Abhirama.M.V — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:27:45 GMT

hi,
my question is on NIS...

Re: NIS

Steven Schweda — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:05:09 GMT

> my question is on NIS...

NIS is not what most people would call a file
sharing scheme. NFS is a file sharing scheme.
If you want to mount some remote file system
on your local system, then you probably want
NFS, not NIS. If you want to share passwd,
group, and similar data among some systems,
then NIS may be what you want, but it doesn't
really "share a file".