NIS (formerly called Yellow Pages) allows network management of important administrative files (e.g. the password file). For more information refer to the NIS manpage and » The Linux NIS(YP)/NYS/NIS+ HOWTO. There is also a book called » Managing NFS and NIS by Hal Stern.
Nota:
This extension has been moved to the » PECL repository and is no longer bundled with PHP as of PHP 5.1.0.
Nota: Esta extensão não está disponível na plataforma Windows.