Configuring the NIS-related settings

Access Appliance supports Network Information Service (NIS), implemented in a NIS server, as an authentication authority. You can use NIS to authenticate computers.

If your environment uses NIS, enable the NIS-based authentication on the Access Appliance cluster.

Note:

IPv6 addresses are not supported for NIS.

To display NIS-related settings

To display NIS-related settings, enter the following:

Network> nis show [users|groups|netgroups]

users	Displays the NIS users that are available in the Access Appliance cluster's NIS database.
groups	Displays the NIS groups that are available in the Access Appliance cluster's NIS database.
netgroups	Displays the NIS netgroups that are available in the Access Appliance cluster's NIS database.

To set the NIS domain name on all nodes in the cluster

To set the NIS domain name on the cluster nodes, enter the following:
```
Network> nis set domainname [domainname]
```
where domainname is the domain name.

To set NIS server name on all nodes in the cluster

To set the NIS server name on all cluster nodes, enter the following:
```
Network> nis set servername servername
```
where servername is the NIS server name. You can use the server's name or IP address.

To enable NIS clients

To enable NIS clients, enter the following:
```
Network> nis enable
```
To view the new settings, enter the following:
```
Network> nis show
```

To disable NIS clients

To disable NIS clients, enter the following:
```
Network> nis disable
```

Configuring the NIS-related settings

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