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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@misha.cisco.com>
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Subject: using multiple NIS servers
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 14:06:01 -0500 (EST)
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Hello!

I'm setting up a FreeBSD server for a small number of "almost"-dataless
clients.

I want the clients to get some of the NIS tables from an already
existing server _outside of my control_ (running FreeBSD-2.2.6) and
some tables from this new server.

Ideally, I'd want the information from the new server to _overwrite_
that obtained from the old one, should a conflict arise, but I can
settle for less.

Is this possible in a "semi-automagic" way with FreeBSD-3.1-RELEASE
server and a mixture of 3.0 and 3.1 clients?

Alternatively, I can make this new server to be the only nis-server
for the clients, but update its tables from the old server regularly
(only the tables I need).

Any comments or suggestions? Thanks a lot for your time!

	-mi


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