Sun yp/nis access using SVR4

[Robert Adams]

In article <KPT.91Feb4173004 at dirty.doc.ic.ac.uk>, kpt at doc.ic.ac.uk (Kevin Twidle) writes:
|> SVR4 NIS does not seem to have the nickname facility that SunOS NIS
|> has and I failed to get my system to pick up the Suns password file
|> etc.
|> 
|> What do I have to do to get this to work?
|> 

AT&T made the decision to not incorporate the NIS database stuff
into the system files (passwd, ...).  I hear that they plan to make
the code or routines to do this available via the ToolChest or some
such for those people who need the feature.

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