how does NIS work?

From: Willig Reimund <Willig.Reimund_at_gdr.de>
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 10:24:54 +0200

Hallo,
we are about to configure a NIS-Server which should only serve the
"hosts" and "services" but still a general question concerning the
nis-client(s) is waiting to be answered :

=> which "hosts" or "services" is asked upon a given request (local or
NIS-server)?
For example:
1. while starting an informix database which requires a valid tcp-port:
does a nis client satisfies his needs consulting the
"/var/yp/src/services" of the master- respectivly slave-server or what?
2. while searching the ip-adress of a certain server, which hosts is to
be asked?




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