In brief term, you first need a NIS environment. That is, a network with a NIS server and clients that are configured to use NIS for passwd and group, etc.
What you mostly see in NIS environments is that filesystems are NFS mounts, for example /home or /usr/users or whatever. Possibly you can do this all on one machine, for testing purpose. If this is all up and running then login from a client, using a login that is not defined local but on the NIS server. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024290 Title: Indicator shows "Guest" instead of real name when using nis To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/1024290/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
