1. Introduction
More and more, Linux machines are installed as part of a network of
computers. To simplify network administration, most networks (mostly
Sun-based networks) run the Network Information Service. Linux machines
can take full advantage of existing NIS service or provide NIS service
themselves. Linux machines can also act as full NIS+ clients, this
support is in beta stage.
This document tries to answer questions about setting up NIS(YP) and NIS+
on your Linux machine. Don't forget to read
Section 5.
The NIS-Howto is edited and maintained by
Thorsten Kukuk, <kukuk at suse.de> |
The primary source of the information for the initial NIS-Howto was from:
Andrea Dell'Amico <adellam at ZIA.ms.it>
Mitchum DSouza <Mitch.DSouza at NetComm.IE>
Erwin Embsen <erwin at nioz.nl>
Peter Eriksson <peter at ifm.liu.se> |
who we should thank for writing the first versions of this document.
1.2. Disclaimer
Although this document has been put together to the best of my
knowledge it may, and probably does contain errors. Please read any
README files that are bundled with any of the various pieces of
software described in this document for more detailed and accurate
information. I will attempt to keep this document as error free as
possible.
1.3. Feedback and Corrections
If you have questions or comments about this document, please feel
free to mail Thorsten Kukuk, at kukuk at linux-nis.org. I welcome any
suggestions or criticisms. If you find a mistake with this
document, please let me know so I can correct it in the next
version. Thanks.
Please do not mail me questions about special problems with your Linux
Distribution! I don't know every Linux Distribution. But I will try to add
every solution you send me.
1.4. Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the people who have contributed (directly
or indirectly) to this document. In alphabetical order:
Byron A Jeff <byron at cc.gatech.edu>
Markus Rex <msrex at suse.de>
Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels at cistron.nl>
Dan York <dyork at lodestar2.com>
Christoffer Bromberg <christoffer at web.de> |
Theo de Raadt is responsible for the original yp-clients code.
Swen Thuemmler ported the yp-clients code to Linux and also ported
the yp-routines in libc (again based on Theo's work).
Thorsten Kukuk has written the NIS(YP) and NIS+ routines for
GNU libc 2.x from scratch.
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