Configure NIS Client CentOS 6

This article assumes you have a NIS server setup and ready to go, if you do not, please visit http://blog.zwiegnet.com/linux-server/configure-nis-server-centos-6/

install ypbind

open authconfig-tui

configure exactly as shown, select only NIS and Use MD5 Passwords

type in your NIS domain name, and the IP of the server

hit ok

this is what a successful bind looks like (if not check the log directory /var/log)

from here all we have to do is test su to an NIS user

from here we run a few commands

it looks like i’m logged in as jim, and can query the NIS database.

That’s it!

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