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Various NIS Configurations
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To create a phone list map, you would begin by creating a text file containing
each employee's name and phone number. An NIS map text file must conform
to the following rules:
Each data line begins a new entry key.
The backslash character (\) at the end of a line appends the next line to the
current line.
The pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line tells the converter to ignore
the line.
Blanks separate the key and the value. Therefore, you must use
underscores to replace all other blanks within the key, such as the space
between an employee's first and last names. Blanks are acceptable within
the key values such as the phone list.
The following is an example of the phone list text file:
# This is the text file for the phone list map.
Janice_SmithMS 881-1456
Bob_SpillerMS 235-6777
Jim_Miller MS 769-8909
NIS can be configured in the following ways:
NIS Master Server
NIS Slave Server
NIS Client
NIS Master Server
The master server is the true single owner of map data. It is responsible for all
map maintenance and distribution to slave servers. Once an NIS map is built
on the master, the new map file is distributed to all slave servers for that
domain, through the client-server relationship. You must, therefore, make all
the modifications only on the master. The master maintains a list of slave
servers within its domain in the form of a map named Ypservers.