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Notes on getting Ubuntu 17.10 to work with NIS

See the guide for 16.04, but with the following caveats:

Looks like you still need to add nis explicitly to /etc/nsswitch.conf

The rpcbind service issue appears to be fixed.

 

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Posted on 9th March 2018Author Jamie ScottCategories Linux, NetworkingTags authentication, nis, Ubuntu

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