NIS Configuration

NIS Configuration

To use NIS authentication, NIS is selected from the First Time Configuration script. To further control NIS authentication, edit the following configuration file as follows:

File to edit: /etc/nsswitch.conf

Format: <database>:<service>[<actions><service>]

Where:

Parameter Definition:

 

 

<database>

Available: aliases, ethers, group, hosts,

 

netgroup, network, passwd, protocols,

 

publickey, rpc, services, and shadow.

<service>

Available: nis (use NIS version 2), dns (use

 

Domain Name Service), and files (use the

 

local files).

<actions>

this syntax has this format:

 

[<status>=<action>]

 

WHERE:

 

<status> = SUCCESS, NOTFOUND,

 

UNAVAIL, or TRYAGAIN

 

<action> = RETURN or CONTINUE

 

What the status messages mean:

Status:

Meaning:

 

 

SUCCESS

No error occurred and the desired value is

 

returned. The default action for this status is

 

return.

NOT FOUND

The lookup process works, but the needed

 

value was not found. The default action for

 

this status is continue.

UNAVAIL

The service is permanently unavailable.

TRYAGAIN

The service is temporarily unavailable.

 

 

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