1. Introduction

More and more, Linux machines are installed as part of a network of computers. To simplify network administration, most networks (mostly Sun-based networks) run the Network Information Service. Linux machines can take full advantage of existing NIS service or provide NIS service themselves. Linux machines can also act as full NIS+ clients, this support is in beta stage.

This document tries to answer questions about setting up NIS(YP) and NIS+ on your Linux machine. Don't forget to read Section 5.

The NIS-Howto is edited and maintained by

        Thorsten Kukuk, <kukuk@suse.de>

The primary source of the information for the initial NIS-Howto was from:

Andrea Dell'Amico       <adellam@ZIA.ms.it>
Mitchum DSouza          <Mitch.DSouza@NetComm.IE>
Erwin Embsen            <erwin@nioz.nl>
Peter Eriksson          <peter@ifm.liu.se>

who we should thank for writing the first versions of this document.