Re: NIS updates

[Aaron D. <ada...@da...>]

Jamie,
Running Debian 2.2 the init script is /etc/init.d/nis (start|stop|restart)

Thanks again,
Aaron

Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> Which linux distribution are you running? Webmin will say that if
> it detects that the init script that starts NIS on bootup (usually
> called something like ypserv or nis-server) is not enabled..
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> Aaron Daniels wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Jamie,
> > I have the NIS module installed(I think) when I go into it under System -> NIS Client & Server.
> > NIS server allows me to edit all my NIS configuration(/var/yp/Makefile) but NIS Tables and Server
> > security say I am not running a NIS master
> > and I have tried adding users but they are not automatically pushed by nis.
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > >
> > > Aaron Daniels wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I have just installed webmin for the first time and it is all working great.
> > > > I was wondering how I would go about making webmin run a NIS push after adding a user to have the
> > > > users available on our other machines?
> > >
> > > If you are using the Users and Groups module, this can be done by clicking on
> > > Module Config and entering  cd /var/yp ; make  into the 'Command to run after
> > > making changes' field.
> > >
> > > Or you could use the NIS Client and Server module, which handles this kind of
> > > thing automatically ..
> > >
> > >  - Jamie
> 
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Thanks,
Aaron Daniels
Network Administrator
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