Information about the package, slapi-nis, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The slapi-nis package is designed for, NIS Server and Schema Compatibility plugins for Directory Server.
Package Name:
slapi-nis
Summary:
NIS Server and Schema Compatibility plugins for Directory Server
Description:
This package provides two plugins for Red Hat and 389 Directory Server. The NIS Server plugin allows the directory server to act as a NIS server for clients, dynamically generating and updating NIS maps according to its configuration and the contents of the DIT, and serving the results to clients using the NIS protocol as if it were an ordinary NIS server. The Schema Compatibility plugin allows the directory server to provide an alternate view of entries stored in part of the DIT, optionally adding, dropping, or renaming attribute values, and optionally retrieving values for attributes from multiple entries in the tree.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.40
Release:
7.el6
Size:
101 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the slapi-nis package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install slapi-nis
This command will install slapi-nis on the server.
yum remove slapi-nis
This command will un-install slapi-nis on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove slapi-nis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove slapi-nis
This command will un-install slapi-nis 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 slapi-nis when using the -y flag.
yum update slapi-nis
This command will update slapi-nis to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove slapi-nis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update slapi-nis
This command will update slapi-nis 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 slapi-nis when using the -y flag.
yum info slapi-nis
This command will show you core information about the slapi-nis package.
yum deplist slapi-nis
This command will show you the dependencies for slapi-nis. 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 slapi-nis
This command will check if there is an update waiting on slapi-nis. 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.