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Introduction to Name Services

Network Information Service

NIS Overview

Components of NIS

NIS Domain

NIS Maps

Maintaining Consistent System Information with NIS

NIS Installation and Configuration

NIS Maintenance

NIS Automount

NIS Reference

Moving from NIS to NIS+

NIS+ Namespace and Structure

NIS+ Installation and Configuration

NIS+ Administration

NIS and NIS+ Troubleshooting

Appendix A. Information in NIS+ Tables

Appendix B. Migrating from NIS and NIS+ to RFC 2307-compliant LDAP services

Appendix C. Notices

Index