Advanced Exercises


5.

How can you use NIS to mirror the functionality of a private DNS server for a small network? Why should NIS not be used this way on a large network?

6.

How can you find out if the working directory is the home directory of an NIS user?

7.

What advantage does NIS provide when you use it with NFS?

8.

Suggest a way to implement NIS maps so they can be indexed on more than one field.




A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux
A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 0132280272
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 383

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