RE: [cobalt-users] NIS client

[Dean Holloway <Dean.Holloway@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers Brandon.

It seems to work.

Dean.

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> >Is anyone running ypbind on a Qube3 so's it acts as an NIS client? If so
> >some advice as to how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Cheers, Dean Holloway
> 
> 
> Hi Dean.
> 
> I could not find any specific information regarding the Cobalt Qube and NIS,
> but I did find a Linux NIS-HOWTO that should contain all the information you
> need to set up and run NIS on your Qube.  Have a look in /etc/rc.d/init.d
> for ypbind, yppasswd and ypserv.  If they are there, you have everything you
> need already installed - you just need to configure it.  Should you need to
> install the software, you can get it at www.rpmfind.net.
> 
> Here is the HOWTO information from the Linux Documentation Project:
> http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/index.html 
> 
> 
> Take care.
> 
> Brandon Wheaton 
> UNIX Systems Engineer 
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