!!! Overview

The [Name Service Switch] consists of 16 types of information and the various sources that may be used in the [getXbyY] routines search for that information. 

The 16 types of information, (there maybe more) not necessarily in this order, are:
* aliases
* bootparams
* ethers
* [group|PosixGroup]
* hosts
* ipnodes
* [netgroup|Netgroup]
* netmasks
* networks
* [passwd (includes shadow information)|Passwd]
* protocols
* publickey
* rpc
* services
* [automount|automount]
* sendmailvars

Soem of these maybe cached by [NSCD] or [SSSD].

!! [DIT Locations For NIS]
There are some "normal" [DIT Locations For NIS]

!! [NIS Maps And LDAP Attributes]
How the [NIS Maps And LDAP Attributes] are related.
 

 

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