two nis domains on one subnet

[Matt Brodeur]

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On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:59:39AM -0400, Stephen Adler wrote:
> I believe one can do this, but I want to double check. Can one setup two 
> independent NIS
> domains on the same subnet? Then have one set of PC's tie in with one 
> NIS domain and
> the other set of PC's tie in to the other?

I can't think of a reason why this wouldn't work.  Just make sure the
clients specify a specific NIS server instead of broadcasting to find
one.

In /etc/yp.conf:
domain [nisdomain] server [hostname]

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