Red Hat Topics - Authentication via NIS

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Authentication via NIS

Jason Williard

2005-08-05, 5:48 pm

I have 3 Redhat Enterprise 3 systems that I would like to integrate via NIS.
This is my first time using NIS, but I understand it is my best option when
it comes to sharing authentication. Unfortunately, with no experience, I
really don't know how to set this up.

What are the basic steps to setting up a shared authentication system using
NIS? I plan to set this up with 1 server acting as the master. With just 3
servers, I don't see a need for any slaves, though I could be wrong. Any
suggestions in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

If you can recommend a good howto website or book, that would also be
greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
Jason Williard

Trog Woolley

2005-08-06, 7:46 am

While stranded on the hard shoulder of the information super highway jwilliard@pcsafe.com typed:
> I have 3 Redhat Enterprise 3 systems that I would like to integrate via NIS.
> This is my first time using NIS, but I understand it is my best option when
> it comes to sharing authentication. Unfortunately, with no experience, I
> really don't know how to set this up.
>
> What are the basic steps to setting up a shared authentication system using
> NIS? I plan to set this up with 1 server acting as the master. With just 3
> servers, I don't see a need for any slaves, though I could be wrong. Any
> suggestions in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
>
> If you can recommend a good howto website or book, that would also be
> greatly appreciated.

How I set ours up can be found at http://www.openhgs.org/it.cgi/NISNFS
As to references, there are some mentioned on our website, of which I think
the O'Reilly book is the best. It is on the web somewhere (I think) but I
have the paper version. I can't comment on slaves, but we don't have one.

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