NIS service is provided by five daemons as shown in Table 18-1.
Table 18-1 NIS Daemons| 
 Daemon  | 
 Function  | 
|---|---|
| 
 ypserv  | 
 Server process  | 
| 
 ypbind  | 
 Binding process  | 
| 
 ypxfr  | 
 High speed map transfer  | 
| 
 rpc.yppasswdd  | 
 NIS password update daemon  | 
| 
 rpc.ypupdated  | 
 Modifies other maps such as publickey  |