Introduction

# 2 Introduction

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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.

This document tries to answer questions about setting up NIS(YP)/NIS+/NYS on your Linux machine. Don't forget to read section 4.1, The RPC Portmapper.

## 2.1 New versions of this document

New versions of this document will be posted periodically (about every month) to the newsgroups comp.os.linux.announce and comp.os.linux.misc. The document is archived on a number of Linux FTP sites, including `sunsite.unc.edu` in `/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO`.

## 2.2 Disclaimer

Although this document has been put together to the best of our knowledge it may, and probably does contain errors. Please read any README files that are bundled with any of the various pieces of software described in this document for more detailed and accurate information. We will attempt to keep this document as error free as possible.

## 2.3 Feedback

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please email them to `erwin@nioz.nl`. Definitely contact him if you find errors or obvious omissions.

## 2.4 Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all the people who have contributed (directly or indirectly) to this document. In alphabetical order:

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>     Andrea Dell'Amico (adellam@di.unipi.it)
>     Mitchum DSouza    (m.dsouza@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk)
>     Erwin Embsen      (erwin@nioz.nl)
>     Byron A Jeff      (byron@cc.gatech.edu)

> `

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