The nis package allows you to use the NIS services from a NIS server or to set up your own NIS server. NIS is mostly used to let several machines in a network share the same account information (eg the password file). NIS was formerly called Yellow Pages (YP).
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| Architecture | Package Size | Installed Size | Files |
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| alpha | 223.8 kB | 888 kB | [list of files] |
| amd64 | 218.1 kB | 816 kB | [list of files] |
| arm | 200.7 kB | 728 kB | [list of files] |
| armel | 199.0 kB | 732 kB | [list of files] |
| hppa | 224.7 kB | 804 kB | [list of files] |
| i386 | 199.4 kB | 652 kB | [list of files] |
| ia64 | 266.9 kB | 1080 kB | [list of files] |
| mips | 208.8 kB | 820 kB | [list of files] |
| mipsel | 204.3 kB | 820 kB | [list of files] |
| powerpc | 232.2 kB | 844 kB | [list of files] |
| s390 | 213.0 kB | 792 kB | [list of files] |
| sparc | 202.7 kB | 768 kB | [list of files] |