Setting Up the Master and Slave Computers for SRVC Networking

• Configure NIS (help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNISHowTo)
  • apt-get install nis and portmap on master and slaves
  • edit /etc/default/nis NISSERVER and NISCLIENT set correctly
  • Domain ubcrobots.net
  • YPServer set to fixed IP (may need to be done in router config, or else set in /etc/network/interfaces)
  • Point slave computers to YP server /etc/yp.conf and restart NIS (init.d/nis restart)
  • Go to /var/yp and type make on slave machines to re-get the users from master

• Configure NFS server
  • On Slave:
    • apt-get install autofs
    • /etc/auto.master needs to have a yp entry that mounts home drives in /nfs
    • /etc/init.d/autofs restart to remount things
  • On Master:
    • apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
    • /etc/auto.home has mount points from nfs
    • /etc/exports lists the directories to export via NFS
    • fstab mounts various directories all under /nfs so that autofs has a single directory to look under
    • /var/yp/Makefile - edit and uncomment the line which adds auto.home to ALL
    • Edit /etc/passwd for all accounts that you want to work on slaves, point home directory to /nfs/home

-- DavidMeger - 27 May 2010