How to Install and Uninstall nis Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nis" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nis on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nis" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall nis on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nis package on Kali Linux

Package: nis
Version: 4.5
Installed-Size: 25
Maintainer: Francesco Paolo Lovergine
Architecture: all
Depends: ypserv, ypbind-mt, yp-tools (>= 4.2.3-3~), lsb-base
Size: 13380
SHA256: a66d9c843f273b9e434583a17f3598804c407cade5a771b852ff97f9fc8543f9
SHA1: a3c9864a55646581cc7c816bd964cd24bfa0add6
MD5sum: fa95c6e4f6c162bcb8951cb85d623611
Description: Network Information Service (NIS)
This meta-package provides tools for setting up and maintaining a NIS domain.
NIS, originally known as Yellow Pages (YP), is mostly used to let
several machines in a network share the same account information, such
as the password file.
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This package depends on daemons, client and tools components which could
be also used independently to provide services for multiple hosts.
- ypserv
- ypbind-mt
- yp-tools
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Please, read and follow /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto to setup
servers and clients in the proper way.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::user-management, devel::lang:perl,
devel::library, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::perl,
implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, network::client, network::server,
network::service, protocol::dns, protocol::ldap, protocol::radius,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
security::authentication, security::cryptography, security::privacy,
suite::gnu, use::configuring, use::login, use::searching,
use::synchronizing, works-with::db, x11::application
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nis/nis_4.5_all.deb