Information about the package, ypserv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ypserv package is designed for, The NIS (Network Information Service) server.
Package Name:
ypserv
Summary:
The NIS (Network Information Service) server
Description:
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a system that provides network information (login names, passwords, home directories, group information) to all of the machines on a network. NIS can allow users to log in on any machine on the network, as long as the machine has the NIS client programs running and the user's password is recorded in the NIS passwd database. NIS was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). This package provides the NIS server, which will need to be running on your network. NIS clients do not need to be running the server. Install ypserv if you need an NIS server for your network. You also need to install the yp-tools and ypbind packages on any NIS client machines.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.19
Release:
31.el6
Size:
131 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the ypserv package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ypserv
This command will install ypserv on the server.
yum remove ypserv
This command will un-install ypserv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ypserv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ypserv
This command will un-install ypserv on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ypserv when using the -y flag.
yum update ypserv
This command will update ypserv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ypserv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ypserv
This command will update ypserv to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ypserv when using the -y flag.
yum info ypserv
This command will show you core information about the ypserv package.
yum deplist ypserv
This command will show you the dependencies for ypserv. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ypserv
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ypserv. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.