# Client setup for NIS - as done between duck and dnodes
# dnodes are clients
# This is NOT a script, but instructions written in pseudo code
#  Meryll Larkin 4/2/08

# vi yp.conf
echo "ypserver duck" >>/etc/yp.conf
echo "domain dnodes server duck" >>/etc/yp.conf

echo "NISDOMAIN=dnodes">>/etc/sysconfig/network

cp nsswitch.conf nsswitch.conf_original
diff nsswitch.conf_original nsswitch.conf
# < passwd:     files
# < shadow:     files
# < group:      files
# ---
# > passwd:     nis files
# > shadow:     nis files
# > group:      nis files

nisdomainname dnodes
domainname dnodes

ypwhich
service ypbind status
chkconfig --levels 2345 ypbind on
service ypbind start
service ypbind status
ypwhich -m
chkconfig --levels 234 rpcidmapd on
chkconfig --levels 234 rpcgssd on
service rpcidmapd start

# Since authentication between servers includes a time check
# nis server/client must agree on time.
rdate -s <time server>
service ntpd restart

# NOTES
# clients need to run ypbind at all times
#   depending on OS & yp version, clients may also need
#   ypwhich, ypcat, yppoll, ypmatch possibly some rpc programs

# * you don't use yppasswd on the server machine, but on the client machines


[root@dnode18 ~]# chkconfig --list |grep yp
ypbind          0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@dnode18 ~]# chkconfig --list |grep rpc
rpcgssd         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:off   6:off
rpcsvcgssd      0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:on    5:off   6:off
rpcidmapd       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:off   6:off
[root@dnode18 ~]# service rpcgssd status
[root@dnode18 ~]# service rpcsvcgssd status
[root@dnode18 ~]# service rpcidmapd status
rpc.idmapd (pid 2748) is running...
[root@dnode18 ~]# chkconfig --list |grep port
portmap         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@dnode18 ~]# service portmap status
portmap (pid 2707) is running...