Network Information Service (NIS)
Sun Microsystems' Yellow Pages (yp) client/server protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a network.
For information about configuring NDS as an external naming method, see Configure External Naming Methods and Prioritize Naming Method.
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