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Package: nis (3.17-30 and others)

clients and daemons for the Network Information Service (NIS)

This package provides tools for setting up and maintaining a NIS domain. NIS, originally known as Yellow Pages (YP), is mostly used to let several machines in a network share the same account information, such as the password file.

Tags: System Administration: Configuration Tool, User Management, User Interface: Command Line, Daemon, Networking: Client, Server, Service, Role: Program, Security: Authentication, Purpose: Login, Synchronisation

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 3.17-30 221.0 kB868 kB [list of files]
amd64 3.17-30 216.4 kB792 kB [list of files]
armel 3.17-30 197.7 kB720 kB [list of files]
hppa 3.17-30 223.2 kB784 kB [list of files]
i386 3.17-30 200.4 kB736 kB [list of files]
ia64 3.17-30 262.3 kB1056 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 3.17-27 192.1 kB740 kB [list of files]
mips 3.17-30 202.2 kB796 kB [list of files]
mipsel 3.17-30 199.8 kB796 kB [list of files]
powerpc 3.17-30 225.3 kB820 kB [list of files]
s390 3.17-30 208.7 kB764 kB [list of files]
sparc 3.17-30 204.0 kB752 kB [list of files]