NIS+
Replacement for the original NIS protocol / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NIS+ is a directory service developed by Sun Microsystems to replace its older 'NIS' (Network Information Service). It is designed to eliminate the need for duplication across many computers of configuration data such as user accounts, host names and addresses, printer information and NFS disk mounts on individual systems, instead using a central repository on a master server, simplifying system administration. NIS+ client software has been ported to other Unix and Unix-like platforms.
Prior to the release of Solaris 9 in 2002, Sun announced its intent to remove NIS+ from Solaris in a future release and now recommends that customers instead use an LDAP-based lookup scheme.
NIS+ was present in Solaris 9 and 10 (although both releases include tools to migrate NIS+ data to an LDAP server)[1] and it has been removed from Solaris 11.[2]