
This is version 1.7 of a collection of NIS(YP)/NIS+ client tools.

See the file Copyright for copying restrictions. The NIS+ part is
available under the GNU General Public License.

The YP tools are now in a separate package, yp-tools-1.4.1.tar.gz.

Installing and using NIS+ on a client:
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At first, you need the latest glibc snapshot with NIS+ support
or libc 5.4.38 + my libnsl-0.4.7.tar.gz or greater.
For glibc, you need glibc 2.0.91 or greater. glibc 2.0.7
or earlier versions will not work, they contain no NIS+ code.
For nis_cachemgr, you have to wait for glibc 2.0.92.

Now you could compile this sources.

Run nisinit for generating /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START:

  * nisinit -c -B : Use broadcast for finding a NIS+ server
  * nisinit -c -H server : Use "server" as NIS+ server
  * nisinit -c -C coldstart : Use the file "coldstart" as NIS_COLD_START

Start nis_cachemgr from /etc/rc* or whatever your system uses for updating
the coldstart file regulary. 

At last, install etc/nsswitch.nisplus as /etc/nsswitch.conf and edit it.

  Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>
