NIS server is used for password authentication. In this lab you will set up your Fedora PC as both an NFS and NIS server. You will then install one VM guest that will serve as your NFS and NIS client.
===PART A: Setting up your NFS Server===
#Power up {{Admon/important|Prerequisites|Before you begin make sure your Fedora 16 host PC (f13), login as joker and make sure it is connected virtual machines are up to the Internet.#Ensure your host is updated with "date (yum update".#Ensure your host has the firewall setup according to prior labs. Verify with "iptables-save" command.#Ensure NFS is installed with "yum install nfs-utils").#Edit your <br /etc/exports file and insert this line>
/home 192Ensure both host and VM's have firewalls set up according to prior labs.168.122.0And ensure you are using your learnid account (the first user created - this will be <b>critical</24(rw,root_squashb> for success) *Modify your firewall to allow NFS connections. NFS uses port 2049.*Start Ensure that your NFS nfs server with is running on the host and exporting the command service nfs start/home directory }}
===PART B: Setting up your NIS Server===