# NYS Tips

## Grant Taylor, `<gtaylor@picante.com>`

Version 2.1, 1996/03/21 16:54:51

## 1. Introduction

## 2. How do I use the NYS/NIS system that comes with Red Hat?

- 2.1 What is yp? NIS? NIS+? NYS?
- 2.2 What is offered?
- 2.3 How the heck do I get ypbind to work properly? How do I set up a client workstation?
- 2.4 ypcat and ypmatch don't work!
- 2.5 How do I run ypserv?
- 2.6 Where's yppasswd and yppasswdd?
- 2.7 This information is miserably incomplete!

## 3. Copyright Notice