libnsl

Public client interface library for NIS(YP) and NIS+ directory services

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Public client interface for NIS(YP) and NIS+

libnsl

Link against libnsl in C/C++ program to access NIS services$ gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c -lnsl

Check if libnsl is properly installed by verifying library file$ pkg-config --cflags --libs libnsl

Use NIS functions in code to query user/group information$ man getpwnam_r