NIS Configuration

NIS Enabled
Domain Name

NIS Enabled

The filer includes NIS client capabilities so it can query NIS servers for hosts, user passwords, user groups and netgroups on a network. With NIS enabled, you no longer have to update the filer's /etc/hosts file every time a new host is added to the network. The filer uses the following NIS maps:

hosts.byname hosts.byaddr
passwd.byname passwd.byuid passwd.adjunct
group.byname group.bygid
netgroup.byhost

Shadow password information is obtained from the passwd.byname map.

Domain Name

Specifies the NIS domain to the specified domain name.

NetApp Filer Configuration Help - 28 AUG 1997