Date: 07 Feb 2001 11:33:23 +0100 From: Kent Boortz <kent@erix.ericsson.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NIS client setup? Message-ID: <d23ddqye8c.fsf@erix.ericsson.se>
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Could you clearify some details about NIS client setup? The client
runs FreeBSD 4.1.1 and the server is a Solaris machine.
What does the + with some colons really mean? What is true below
a) The information on the lines before the + and the information from
the NIS server are merged.
b) If a line in the file ending with a + conflicts with the
information at the NIS server the information from the NIS server
takes presedence.
c) With no + line the NIS server will never be questioned for
this info.
d) It is only the + at the beginning of the last line that
means anything to the NIS client, the colons are there to
make the line syntactically correct for other programs
(like vipw)
e) The /etc/hosts file should end in a line with +:: like described
at http://www.freebsddiary.org/nis-client.html (there is nothing
about this in the handbook)
I tried to find out myself searching the documentation and sources
but could not find out how it works.
Do you know where I can find more information about NIS and the NIS
used in FreeBSD?
kent
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