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A B C D E G H I L M N P R S T U Y

netgroups, ``Creating netgroups'', ``About netgroups''
Network Information Service. See NIS
NFS, NIS, using with
NIS
- adding servers
- binding, ``Modifying server attributes'', ``Modifying server attributes'', ``NIS binding''
- binding. See also ypbind(NADM)
- changing master servers
- concepts
- configuring servers
- creating maps, ``Creating new maps'', ``Creating NIS maps''
- daemons
- distributed
  - group accounts
  - user accounts, ``Managing distributed user accounts'', ``About managing users''
- distributed group accounts
- distributed home directories
- distributed user accounts
- domain name problems
- domains, ``Administering an NIS domain'', ``Modifying the NIS domain name'', ``Planning an NIS configuration'', ``Setting up an NIS server'', ``NIS domain''
- error logging
- group accounts
  - distributed
  - local
- initializing, ``Initializing NIS'', ``Initializing NIS'', ``Initializing NIS'', ``Initializing NIS'', ``Initializing NIS''
- introduced, ``Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)'', ``How NIS works''
- local
  - group accounts
  - user accounts
- local group accounts
- local user accounts
- logfiles, ``Administering NIS logfiles'', ``NIS logfiles''
- maps
  - aliases
  - attributes
  - creating, ``Creating new maps'', ``Creating NIS maps''
  - map list
  - modifying
  - modifying names
  - propagating, ``NIS servers and clients'', ``Administering NIS maps'', ``Distributing maps to nonmaster servers'', ``Modifying server attributes'', ``NIS maps''
  - retrieving
  - timestamp
  - using on clients, ``Using NIS maps in the password file'', ``Using NIS maps in the group file''
- modifying maps
- modifying servers
- netgroups, ``Creating netgroups'', ``About netgroups''
- network problems
- NFS, using with
- nislog, ``Administering NIS logfiles'', ``NIS logfiles''
- planning
- ptmp lock file
- reinitializing
- removing servers
- security, ``Planning an NIS configuration'', ``NIS interaction with security modes''
- server problems
- servers, ``Planning an NIS configuration'', ``Modifying the list of NIS servers'', ``Setting up an NIS server'', ``Enabling an NIS server''
- starting
- stopping
- synchronizing servers
- timestamp
- troubleshooting
- user accounts, ``Managing distributed user accounts'', ``Administering NIS users and groups''
  - distributed, ``Managing distributed user accounts'', ``About managing users''
  - local
- utilities, ``Administering NIS users and groups'', ``Troubleshooting NIS''