... easier for the users, NFS and NIS simplify the tasks of Managing NFS and NIS 9 Chapter 1. Networking Fundamentals The Network Information Service (NIS) and Network File System (NFS) are services ... common network problems. Managing NFS and NIS 30 DNS is the standard for hostnames and addresses, and you'll find it handy for accessing hosts outside your domain. NIS+ has gained some acceptance ... systems, including HP's HP-UX, IBM, AIX, and Linux. NIS+ is much more secure than NIS. This rest of this book ignores NIS+ and LDAP, and focuses on NIS and to some degree DNS, since those are...