Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 675

a Enter the NIS domain name.
b Define whether the host should also be a NIS client, enabling users to log
in and access data from the NIS server, by selecting This host is also a NIS
client.
Select Changing of passwords to allow users in your network (both local
users and those managed through the NIS server) to change their passwords
on the NIS server (with the command yppasswd).
This makes the options Allow Changes to GECOS Field and Allow Changes
to Login Shell available. "GECOS" means that the users can also change
their names and address settings with the command ypchfn. "SHELL"
allows users to change their default shell with the command ypchsh, for
example, to switch from bash to sh. The new shell must be one of the prede-
fined entries in /etc/shells.
c If your NIS server should act as a master server to NIS slave servers in
other subnets, select Active Slave NIS Server exists.
d Select Open Ports in Firewall to have YaST adapt the firewall settings for
the NIS server.
Figure 36.2 Master Server Setup
Using NIS 675