Nis settings under centos5.5 (serverclient)

This article involves nis server and client settings 1. server Part 1. edit/etc/rc. local and add nisdomainnamejohn in the last line. (Of course, your nisdomainname may be different from mine .) 2. edit/etc/sysconfig/network. the following red font indicates the NETWORKING = yesNETWORK to be modified or added.

This article involves nis server and client settings

I. server part

1. edit/etc/rc. local and add nisdomainname john in the last line. (Of course, your nisdomainname may be different from mine .)

2. edit/etc/sysconfig/network. the following red font must be modified or added.

NETWORKING = yes
NETWORKING_IPV6 = no
HOSTNAME = master
NISDOMAIN = john

3. set/etc/hosts and add the following content to the end of the file:

192.168.1.4 master
192.168.1.5 client

4. package as needed

Yum install ypserv

5. modify the main configuration file/etc/ypserv. conf and delete the logout character before the last line, as shown below.

*: None

6. start the service

Service portmap start

Service ypserv start

Service yppasswdd start

7. create a test user

Useradd nisuser

Passwd nisuser

8. create a database and run the command/usr/lib/yp/ypinit-m.

OK. so far, the server has been set.

II. client

1. install the nis client

Yum install ypbind

2. set/etc/hosts and add the following content to the end of the file:

192.168.1.4 master
192.168.1.5 client

3. edit/etc/sysconfig/network. the following red font must be modified or added.

NETWORKING = yes
NETWORKING_IPV6 = no
HOSTNAME = client
NISDOMAIN = john

4. edit/etc/rc. local and add nisdomainname john to the last line.

5. set the authentication method, run the authconfig-tui command, and select "Use NIS"

The client has ended.

III. test

Log on to the client using nisuser:

Of course, because the directory/home/nisuser does not exist on the client, there will be a "No directory/home/nisuser !" Prompt