NIS in hp-ux

[Ajin_1]

Dear Sir

Please help us to know what is nis.what is the purpose for this.and how to configure this in hp-ux

Please help

Regards

Ajin.s

[Jupinder Bedi]

NIS (Network Information System) in the current name for what was once known as yp (Yellow Pages). The purpose of NIS is to allow many machines on a network to share configuration information, including password data and here are the links to configure NIS in Hpux

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1811/ch04s01.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/B1031-90043/ch04.html

[Durvesh Mendhekar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

NIS provides for single point administration of system configuration files.
NIS ensures consistency of files across the LAN.

Configuring NIS Servers and Clients
1.Create an NIS master server.
a. domainname [domain]
b. ypinit -m
c. vi /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs
(Edit appropriate NIS variables.)
d. shutdown -r
2.Create an NIS slave server (optional).
a. domainname [domain]
b. ypinit -s [master_server]
c. vi /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs
(Edit appropriate NIS variables.)
d. shutdown -r
3.Create the NIS clients.
a. vi /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs
b. shutdown -r

Durvesh

[Kranti Mahmud]

Hi Ajin,

Check these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Information_Service

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1154/ch04s05.html

http://www.freelab.net/unix/hp-ux/chap11_nis.html

Rgds-Kranti

[Taifur]

Hi,

The Network Information Service Plus (NIS+), is the next generation of the Network Information Service (NIS). It is not an enhancement to NIS; it is a whole new service. Like NIS, it is a distributed database system that allows you to maintain commonly used configuration information on a master server and propagate the information to all the hosts in your network. This chapter explains how to configure and administer the servers and clients in an NIS+ namespace. It contains the following sections:
*
â Overview of NIS+â
*â Planning the NIS+ Namespaceâ
*â Setting Up the NIS+ Namespaceâ
*Administering NIS+â
*â Summary of NIS+ Commandsâ
Check below link , hope it will resolve ur problem ,

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-0714/ch05.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-2187/apas02.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-2187/apas01.html

Rgds//
Taifur

[Ajin_1]

Thanks for your immediate reply.