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This chapter describes how to administer NIS. The following topics are covered:
Password Files and Namespace Security
Administering NIS Users
Working With NIS Maps
Updating and Modifying Existing Maps
Working With NIS Servers
NIS services can also be started and stopped by using the ypstart and ypstop commands. See the ypstart(1M) and ypstop(1M) man pages for more information.