+::::::

Here except for user mayank, everyone has access to the machine.

Now that the login procedure has been setup, you need to ensure that the

users have access to their home directories.

On the server where the home directories are stored, install the NFS

server. This is also included in most if not all Linux distributions. The

NFS server takes its setting from the file /etc/exports. The format of the

file is quite simple.

(options)

The entry to export everything under the home directory would be

/home 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw)

The file also accepts only IP addresses. To export the same directory to

several hosts, use the address/netmask pairing as given above. In

brackets, other options specific to the mount may be given. Here I have

given 'rw', which means that the directory is exported with read-write

permissions ( By default, nfs exports as read-only ). For this setup, this

is all that is required. Do a 'man exports' to see all the options.

On the client machine you can mount this exported filesystem. Modify

the /home entry to look like the one below.

192.168.0.21:/home /home nfs defaults 0 0

The format of this entry will be

server:exported-directory mount-point nfs defaults 0 0

So at boot, the system will mount the entire home directory off the nfs

server and all the user home directories will be available. Make sure that

there are no sub-directories under home because after the NFS mount they

won't be visible.

Login again. You will now be authenticated off the NIS server and you

will find yourself in your home directory.

There are some good links related to NIS, which are given below.