This command will only set the NIS domain name temporarily. When the system is rebooted, this information will be erased unless the system is configured to run this command every time the system boots up. There are many methods that can be used to force a Linux system to run commands upon startup. Many of these commands have already been learned or will be learned in this course. One easy method is to edit the /etc/ file by using the following steps | Lab Configuring Linux as an NIS Client Estimated Time 30 minutes Objective To configure a Linux Red Hat system as an NIS server and client. Equipment A computer with Linux Red Hat installed. Scenario The system administrator of a large company has been asked to enable some computer systems to share information including a common set of user accounts user groups and TCP IP hostnames. In order to centralize the administrative efforts involved the administrator decides to configure a Linux Red Hat system as an NIS server to manage the database. The administrator also configures the employees computer systems as NIS clients. Procedures Setting up a Linux system as an NIS client To configure a Linux system as an NIS master server first configure the system as an NIS client. Use the following steps to configure a Linux system as an NIS client. Step 1 Log in as the root user. Step 2 When setting up an NIS client first get the NIS domain name NIS master server name and the NIS slave server names. In a true running network these might already be configured. However for the purposes of this lab the names will be invented. Step 3 Since there is no NIS domain name one must be defined. To do so type domainname Ciscotest at the shell prompt. 1 - 3 IT Essentials II - Lab Copyright 2002 Cisco Systems Inc. Step 4 This command will set the NIS domain name to Ciscotest. To verify the NIS domain name type domainname at the shell prompt. Step 5 This command will only set the NIS domain name temporarily. When the system is rebooted this information will be erased unless the system is configured to run this command every time the system boots up. There are many methods that can be used to force a Linux system to run commands upon startup. Many of these commands have already been learned or will be learned in this course. One easy method is to edit the etc network file by using the following steps 1. First type vi etc network at the shell prompt to view
