How To Install nss_nis on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_nis on CentOS 8.
What is nss_nis
The nss_nis Name Service Switch module uses the Network Information System (NIS) to obtain user, group, host name, and other data. nss_nis 3.0 8.el8 x86_64 41 k nss_nis-3.0-8.el8.src.rpm baseos Name Service Switch (NSS) module using NIS https LGPLv2+ The nss_nis Name Service Switch module uses the Network Information System (NIS) to obtain user, group, host name, and other data.
We can use yum or dnf to install nss_nis on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nss_nis.
Install nss_nis on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nss_nis using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nss_nis
Install nss_nis on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nss_nis using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nss_nis
How To Uninstall nss_nis on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nss_nis package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nss_nis
nss_nis Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/a324eb6b5f8901d848cf78730fe2ba4e530368
/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-logind.service.d/nss_nis.conf
/usr/lib64/libnss_nis.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_nis.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/nss_nis
/usr/share/licenses/nss_nis/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/5374f01133ec3d5410dc791d5c2d7328b9f9ce
/usr/lib/libnss_nis.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_nis.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-logind.service.d/nss_nis.conf
/usr/share/licenses/nss_nis
/usr/share/licenses/nss_nis/COPYING
References
- [nss_nis website](https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_nis on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.