Configure NIS Client2014/12/23

Configure NIS Client.
This example is based on the environment below.

+----------------------+          |          +----------------------+
| [    NIS Server    ] |10.0.0.30 | 10.0.0.31| [    NIS Client    ] |
|     dlp.srv.world    +----------+----------+     www.srv.world    |
|                      |                     |                      |
+----------------------+                     +----------------------+

[1]	Configure NIS Client.

[root@www ~]#

yum -y install ypbind rpcbind

# set NIS domain

[root@www ~]#

ypdomainname srv.world

[root@www ~]#

echo "NISDOMAIN=srv.world" >> /etc/sysconfig/network

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/hosts

# add NIS server and own IP address

10.0.0.30   dlp.srv.world dlp
10.0.0.31   www.srv.world www

[root@www ~]#

authconfig \
--enablenis \
--nisdomain=srv.world \
--nisserver=dlp.srv.world \
--update

# add optionally if you need

# create home directory automatically if it's none

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/pam.d/system-auth

# add follows to the end

session     optional      pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=077

[root@www ~]#

systemctl start rpcbind

[root@www ~]#

systemctl start ypbind

[root@www ~]#

systemctl enable rpcbind

[root@www ~]#

systemctl enable ypbind

[root@www ~]#

exit

www login:

fedora

# the user on NIS

Password:

# NIS password

Creating directory '/home/fedora'.

[fedora@www ~]$

# just logined

# confirm connected NIS server

[fedora@www ~]$

ypwhich

dlp.srv.world

# confirm to changing password

[fedora@www ~]$

yppasswd

Changing NIS account information for fedora on dlp.srv.world.
Please enter old password:

# current password

Changing NIS password for fedora on dlp.srv.world.
Please enter new password:

# new password

Please retype new password:

The NIS password has been changed on dlp.srv.world.

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