[plug] NIS - Updating Clients ...

[Andrew Howell]

Install the debian nis package on every linux box and then read
/usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz.

Especially the part about adding +:::: etc to /etc/group /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

also remember to uncomment the shadow bit in /var/yp/Makefile if you are using shadow
passwords.

Andrew

On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 08:25:36PM +0800, Tom Atkinson wrote:
> I thought that the whole idea of NIS is that all the machines are
> updated automatically.
> 
> If this is not happening automatically, either you are not adding
> users/groups the way NIS wants you to, or, you don't really have NIS
> running like you think you do.
> 
> Trevor Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, I've got NIS working on a small "lab" of PC's. How do I update the server
> > and clients with changes after adding users/groups?? (I'm using Debian 2.1 w.
> > its NIS package.)
> > I've rummaged through the package docs with no luck, so thought I'd ask here
> > before hitting the Net searching...
> > Thanks...

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