Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:59:17 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: Mark Castillo <markc@Relationships.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS and Solaris Master server Message-ID: <34F3EB75.1E4588F6@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <199802241952.OAA02690@spades.relationships.com>
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Mark Castillo wrote: > > does anyone know what the steps needed to setup freebsd as an NIS client? > We've got Solaris running a master server, and would like to setup freebsd > as client. > It's very easy. You have to edit /etc/rc.conf (FreeBSD 2.2.2, 2.2.5), and set the variable "nisdomainname" at the beginning of the network subsection. Then go down to the NIS options and set the variable "nis_client_enable" to "YES", and leave the others unchanged. Then you have to edit the passwd database (using "vipw") and append the following record: +::::::::: Also, edit /etc/host.conf and uncomment the line "nis": this enables hosts queries to NIS. -- JM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose M. Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del Pais Vasco | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose Dpto. de Electricidad y Electronica | Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-4-4647700 x2624 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-4-4858139 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Go ahead... make my day." - H. Callahan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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