How To Install slapi-nis on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slapi-nis
on CentOS 7.
What is slapi-nis
This package provides two plugins for Red Hat and 389 Directory Server. The NIS Server plugin allows the directory server to act as a NIS server for clients, dynamically generating and updating NIS maps according to its configuration and the contents of the DIT, and serving the results to clients using the NIS protocol as if it were an ordinary NIS server. The Schema Compatibility plugin allows the directory server to provide an alternate view of entries stored in part of the DIT, optionally adding, dropping, or renaming attribute values, and optionally retrieving values for attributes from multiple entries in the tree.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install slapi-nis
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slapi-nis.
Install slapi-nis on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install slapi-nis
using yum
by running the following command:
Install slapi-nis on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install slapi-nis
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall slapi-nis on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the slapi-nis
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slapi-nis
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.