SuSE NIS

!!!! First of all: You do NOT want NIS because of security reasons !!!!

NIS is not NIS+ and it is without encryption. So do not use it or if you really have to, use it wisely!

NIS Client

Add packages

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1. zypper in yast2-nis-client ypbind

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/etc/sysconfig/network/config

<syntaxhighlight> NETCONFIG_MODULES_ORDER="dns-resolver dns-bind dns-dnsmasq nis ntp-runtime" NETCONFIG_NIS_STATIC_SERVERS="nis-server.domain.tld" NETCONFIG_NIS_SETDOMAINNAME="yes" NETCONFIG_NIS_POLICY="auto" </source>

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1. netconfig update -f

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1. cat /etc/yp.conf

... ypserver nis-server.domain.tld </source>

Set NIS Domain

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1. nisdomainname nis.domain.tld

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Check: <syntaxhighlight>

1. nisdomainname

nis.domain.tld

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Add to /etc/passwd

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Add to /etc/shadow

<syntaxhighlight> +::0:0:0:::: </source>

/etc/nsswitch.conf

<syntaxhighlight> ... passwd: compat group: compat ... </source> alternative for older installations: <syntaxhighlight> ... passwd: files nis group: files nis ... </source>

yast

<syntaxhighlight> Network Services -> NIS Client [Alt]+[u] (Use NIS) [F10] Finish [F9] Quit </source>

Check: <syntaxhighlight>

1. ypcat passwd.byname

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