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    21. NIS and LDAP

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    How NIS Works668
    Setting Up an NIS Client671
    yppasswd: Changes NIS Passwords674
    Setting Up an NIS Server675
    yppasswdd: The NIS Password Update Daemon681
    LDAP682
    Setting Up an LDAP Server685


    NIS (Network Information Service) simplifies the maintenance of common administrative files by keeping them in a central database and having clients contact the database server to retrieve information from the database. Developed by Sun Microsystems, NIS is an example of the client/server paradigm.


      

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