Re: [ILUG] nis on linux...

From: Albert White - SUN Ireland (albert.white at domain ireland.sun.com)
Date: Wed 27 Jun 2001 - 15:04:37 IST

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Hi,

> > first, is it possible to configure useradd to use /var/yp/ypfiles/passwd
> > as the home of the user accounts, or must i modify the source to useradd?
>
> no idea.
Don't think it works straight off. You'd need to write something to put the
entries in then rebuild the NIS map.

> > second, nis in heterogeneous environments. how do solaris and tru64
> > work with a linux nis master?
>
> should be fine.
Never tried, however with a Solaris master a linux client works fine, so I'd
expect that if Linux is following the NIS spec then it should work without
problems.

Cheers,
~Al

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