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How to create a Linux Server that inherits authentication from main server?

Can I create another server that uses master server's /etc/passwd to authenticate it's users, and if I share users' homes then they can do everything they want within their home directories without consuming master server's cpu/ram. I'm trying to…
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rfc2307bis LDAP schema: ipNetmaskNumber lookup for an ipHost object

I'm using Openldap for IAM, and consider using it also as a configuration management backend. The rfc2307bis schema has an ipHost class, which allows for ipHostNumber attribute, but not for the network mask. Then, there is ipNetwork class, which…
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Why my profile looks for /usr/local/etc/profile.global (NIS)

My Ubuntu ID is manged by NIS/yellowpage. For some reason, when I log in, I'm getting this message. cat@local:~$ ssh catserver cat@catserver's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 15.10 (GNU/Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64) Last login: Thu Apr 21 11:46:22…
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SAMBA+NIS on Linux with Windows 7/8/10 clients

I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to run a samba server on a Linux distribution with a NIS service and use them in conjunction with a Widnows 7/8/10 client to make it work as it's local desktop. What I'm trying to achieve is to allow any…
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How to create a custom NIS map?

I'd like to create a custom NIS map in order to be able to look up my own information using ypmatch and map between local and centralised usernames. How can this be achieved?
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NIS not respecting files first in nsswitch.conf

Okay, first off, I know NIS is a turd, but it's what we've got until we do a major migration next year. Today we had a NIS server outage which predictably prevents user logins. What surprised me was that I was unable to login in as root to any of…
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Linux: What could be the reason for random fails in updating passwd.byuid by running yppasswd?

In order to allow NOC users in my company to manage users through NIS I've created the following script: #!/bin/bash # This script will simplicate NIS user management. # You will not be able to change password or delete users peeradmin and root…
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can't change NIS account password from Centos-7 client “NIS server Centos-6”

I'm trying to change password for a NIS account from a Centos-7.0.1406 client and the server is Centos-6.6 it seems that passwd command don't ask me neither to change password nor ask me for old password, it only returns the following Changing…
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Neglected services on old DC - how to move to new DC?

We have installed a new Server 2012. The new server: DC3 (192.168.0.3), has been promoted, and is now our main DC (includes : DNS, DHCP) Schema master DC3.domain Domain naming master DC3.domain PDC …
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NIS users suddenly can't login to SSH

I've recently added a new (client) server to my NIS. For a month or so this worked fine, but since today I suddenly can't login through SSH anymore. Some other services (e.g. IMAP) on the same server work fine. The other NIS client seems to work…
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How to autostart `ypbind` on Ubuntu 14.04

It seems I need to use sysv-rc-conf to manage service startup/shutdown, but no scripts were added to /etc/init.d/ when I installed NIS. I would expect to either have /etc/init.d/nis or /etc/init.d/ypbind. I installed NIS via apt-get as so: sudo…
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Strange glitch with NIS

Good day. One of the network users with the NIS account (yp and automount) has some problems: after editing network service configufation file (/etc/sysconfig/network) and rebooting (/etc/init.d/network restart) - the client machine was hung and as…
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nobody user/group with NIS/NFS

Software overview Machine A(NIS server): CentOS 6.2 Machine B:(NFS server) CentoS 6.2 Client machines: OpenSuse 12.3, CentOS 6.4 and CentOS 5.6 Introduction and setup Machine A is an NIS server which serves a group of client machines. Home…
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How to test that DNS from NIS is working?

In my /etc/nsswitch.conf have I set hosts: files nis dns With ypwhich ypcat hosts ypcat passwd can I verify that passwd and group are retrieved over NIS. Question How do I verify that DNS is working in NIS, as ping gets it DNS from…
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Automount directories only on certain clients via NIS and NFS

Is it possible to serve certain files via NIS only to a group of clients and not to all of them? It's probably a very easy task but I'm searching for a while now and don't seem to find an answer. I'm also pretty new to the subject and not really…
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