Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed

By William Ball

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Lead Authors
  • About the Contributing Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • I. Red Hat Linux Installation and User Services
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Red Hat Linux
  • Chapter 2. Installation of Your Red Hat System
  • Chapter 3. LILO and Other Boot Managers
  • Chapter 4. Configuring the X Window System, Version 11
  • Chapter 5. Window Managers
  • Chapter 6. Connecting to the Internet
  • Chapter 7. IRC, ICQ, and Chat Clients
  • Chapter 8. Using Multimedia and Graphics Clients
  • II. Configuring Services
  • Chapter 9. System Startup and Shutdown
  • Chapter 10. SMTP and Protocols
  • Chapter 11. FTP
  • Chapter 12. Apache Server
  • Chapter 13. Internet News
  • Chapter 14. Domain Name Service and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Chapter 15. NIS: Network Information Service
    • Understanding NIS
    • Installing the Software
    • Configuring a Master NIS Server
    • Configuring a NIS Client
    • Configuring a NIS Secondary Server
    • Using NISisms in Your /etc/passwd File
    • Using Netgroups
    • Some Troubleshooting Tips
    • Summary
  • Chapter 16. NFS: Network Filesystem
  • Chapter 17. Samba
  • III. System Administration and Management
  • Chapter 18. Linux Filesystems, Disks, and Other Devices
  • Chapter 19. Printing with Linux
  • Chapter 20. TCP/IP Network Management
  • Chapter 21. Linux System Administration
  • Chapter 22. Backup and Restore
  • Chapter 23. System Security
  • IV. Red Hat Development and Productivity
  • Chapter 24. Linux C/C++ Programming Tools
  • Chapter 25. Shell Scripting
  • Chapter 26. Automating Tasks
  • Chapter 27. Configuring and Building Kernels
  • Chapter 28. Emulators, Tools, and Window Clients
  • V. Appendixes
  • A. The Linux Documentation Project
  • B. Top Linux Commands and Utilities
  • C. The GNU General Public License
  • D. Red Hat Linux RPM Package Listings

Installing the Software

If you didn't install the NIS software during the initial setup process, you need to install it now. Start by mounting the Red Hat CD-ROM. The following assumes that the CD-ROM is mounted on the /mnt/cdrom directory.

Access the /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS directory:

   [root@server /root]# cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS

Install the RPMS yp-tools-2.4-4.i386.rpm, ypbind-1.6-11.i386.rpm, and ypserv-1.3.11-9.i386.rpm with the following commands:

[root@server RPMS]# rpm -i yp-tools-2.4-4.i386.rpm
[root@server RPMS]# rpm -i ypbind-1.6-11.i386.rpm
[root@server RPMS]# rpm -i ypserv-1.3.11-9.i386.rpm

After the software is installed, the next step is configuring the master NIS server.

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