Network Information System A database containing the user names, machine names, and directory names NFS use to give consistent names on all machines on a network
(n ) The SunOSTM 4 0 (minimum) Network Information Service A distributed network database containing key information about the systems and the users on the network The NIS database is stored on the master server and all the slave servers See also NIS+
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a distributed data lookup service for sharing information on a local area network (LAN) NIS allows you to coordinate the distribution of database information throughout your networked environment
Formerly known as the Yellow Pages The Network Information System is a facility used on some TCP/IP networks to administer a group of computers (usually UNIX workstations and PCs) as though they were one big computer
Network Information Service Former known as the Sun Microsystems Yellow Pages (YP) NIS provides name resolution as well as other information storage for a set of defined host names
A networking software option that lets you control network information and services from a central server called the NIS master NIS stands for Network Information Service See also centralized network, NIS client, NIS domain, and NIS master
The Network Information Service (NIS) is used for the administration of network-wide databases The service is composed mainly of two programs: YPBINDPROG for finding a NIS server and YPPROG for accessing the NIS databases Modline's Reporter uses by default the ypmatch command to find the real name of an account; this will fail if the NIS daemons are not running on your Workstation In this case, the automatic installation script will customize Modline to use information contained in /etc/password The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP)
(Network Information System) is a network naming and administration system for smaller networks that was developed by Sun Microsystems NIS+ is a later version that provides additional security and other facilities Using NIS, each host client or server computer in the system has knowledge about the entire system A user at any host can get access to files or applications on any host in the network with a single user identification and password NIS is similar to the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) but somewhat simpler and designed for a smaller network It's intended for use on local area networks (LANs) NIS uses the client/server model and the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface for communication between hosts NIS consists of a server, a library of client programs, and some administrative tools NIS is often used with the Network File System (NFS) NIS is a UNIX-based program See Also: NIS+, DNS, RPC, NFS
A service that provides information, that has to be known throughout the network, to all machines on the network Information likely to be distributed by NIS is: * login names/passwords/home directories (/etc/passwd) * group information (/etc/group)
Network Information Service, a data-distribution method popular on Sun workstations Originally created as Yellow Pages (YP) until forced to change due to trademark infringement on British Telecom [Buy the Book]
Network Information Service, a service that provides information, that has to be known throughout the network, to all machines on the network There is support for NIS in Linux's standard libc library, which in the following text is referred to as "traditional NIS"