2. sudo apt-get install nis
It will install NIS files
It will ask for NIS server name let’s call it “NIS-server”
sudo apt-get install portmap
It will install portmap “is a server that converts RPC
program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It
must be running in order to make RPC calls”
4. vi /etc/default/nis
Go to line NISSERVER = false and change it to true or
master
In most of the documentation you will find it master as
there is another NIS server configured as slave one
If you will use only one NIS server make it only true
5. vi /etc/yp.conf
Add line
ypserver IP “where IP is the IP of the NIS Server”
vi /etc/ypserv.seurenets
hash the line contains 0.0.0.0
allow the client machines that will connect to the NIS
server
Add the line
host IP “where IP is the IP of the client machines”
6. build the database for the first time
sudo /usr/lib/yp/ypinit –m
7. sudo service portmap restart
sudo service nis restart
sudo make –C /var/yp
8. useradd nisuser1
passwd nisuser1 “and choose the password”
cd/var/yp
make
To check if the users added correctly
ypmatch nisuser1 passwd
It will return the line of that user encrypted password