Hi all,

I am trying to setup a NIS that will have a handful of clients.

I am using fedora core 2 and must setup up NIS and configure it to have users/passwords etc.

I have set the domainname
i did init.d/portmap start
ypserv start
but when i get to the ypinit -m (master) command it says the command is not recognised. What am i doin wrong?

Is this to do with version perhaps.

the books i read up on are not that clear and i am getting a little confused

thanks in advance

ypinit is often stashed in an out of the way place like /usr/lib/yp. Do "locate ypinit" to find it. Also, you should modify the Makefile ypinit uses to not use the default files in /etc. but instead set up the passwd, group, netinfo, etc. map files somewhere else and use them. The reason for this is that you do not want the root exported over NIS ... that's not good for security. In general, NIS isn't terribly secure, but it's easier than LDAP to get working right and does the job fairly well. Just be sure you have a good firewall and set your NIS securenets file properly.