# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| yptools: yptools (NIS servers and clients) yptools: yptools: NIS stands for Network Information Service. NIS is usually used to yptools: provide /etc/passwd and /etc/group information throughout the network. yptools: Most Sun-based networks run NIS, and Linux machines can take full yptools: advantage of existing NIS service or provide NIS service themselves. yptools: yptools: yptools: yptools: yptools: