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10-27-2000 09:55 AM
10-27-2000 09:55 AM
NIS and different systems
I have an environment that has multiple areas for CAD and engineereing utilizing HP, SGI and SUN unix boxes.
I want to implement NIS on an HP server.
My problem is this. All information that I have found on NIS states that a single server handles all the host and authentication files for a single domain. This is fine and I have a working system with a single domain that serves HP systems. Different systems have directory structures and as such, a passwd file on one type of system such as SGI will not be compatable with the passwd file on an HP or SUN due to these differences. Also other types of system files available in NIS may not be compatable between systems.
This brings me to the actual question. Can NIS handle multiple sets of files for each type of system? Example, can I have a set of files that are for HP and a set for SGI and have each respective system access only their files? All of this must reside on a single HP server.
If so please explain how this is done or possibly point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Craig A. Sharp
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10-27-2000 10:44 AM
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Re: NIS and different systems
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10-27-2000 10:55 AM
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Re: NIS and different systems
The NIS clients on the SGI would access a different set of files on the NIS server.
Does this help?
Thanks,
Craig
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10-27-2000 01:33 PM
10-27-2000 01:33 PM
Re: NIS and different systems
I think I got the point. No matter what the directory structure or password etc., is in SGI or SUN , You can bring the SGI and SUN clients into NIS HP-DOMAIN. As long as each other can understand NIS protocol, the differences in passwd, services, protocols shouldn't matter.
One fileset at NIS Master server serves all kinds of clients as long as they can understand NIS(Yello Pages ) Protocol and I think you don't need to have seperate filesets for each kind of clients.
Regards,
......Madhu
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10-27-2000 06:05 PM
10-27-2000 06:05 PM
Re: NIS and different systems
NIS does not actually copy any of the master files (passwd, hosts, group, etc.) to the client machines. All the files are accessed via the network.
I currently have 2 HP servers that are NIS Slave Servers and the master in our network is a Sun box. This works without a problem.
If you need different copies of the files for the different unix flavors for security reasons, then that can not be accomplished via NIS as far as I know.