What is the support status of Network Information Service (NIS)
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Issue
Should NIS continue to be supported, or is a discontinuation to be expected?
Resolution
As seen from the RHEL8.3 release notes the yp rpms (ypserv, ypbind, yp-tools) have been marked as deprecated. Furthermore those components will no longer be available in RHEL-9.
There is no direct alternative with fully compatible features, because the Network Information Service (NIS) technology is based an outdated design patterns no longer considered secure. The alternatives are LDAP and for some use cases Kerberos. Migrating to IPA is a solution as seen here
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