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.NIS Inventory Solution

Network Information Service (NIS) for Unix provides a central repository for user, group, and other information Unix systems need for authentication and authorization. The .NIS Inventory Solution is designed to provide essential user and group membership information from a NIS domain, mapping these principals to Windows-style SIDs. This provides valuable information to the File Systems Solution when auditing NFS shares. This information can also be used in the Unix Solution Set.

Supported Platforms

  • NIS domains

Permissions

  • No special permissions are needed aside from access to a NIS server

Ports

  • TCP 111 or UDP 111
  • Randomly allocated high TCP ports

Location

The .NIS Inventory Solution is a core component of all Access Analyzer installations. It can be installed from the Access Analyzer Instant Job Wizard.

.NIS Inventory Solution in the Jobs Tree

After it's installed into the Jobs tree, navigate to the solution: Jobs > .NIS Inventory. This group's name keeps it at the top of the Jobs tree.

NIS Scan Job​

The .NIS Inventory Solution contains a single job. This job uses the NIS Data Collector and then runs analysis on the collected data.

.NIS Inventory Solution Overview page

The following job comprises the .NIS Inventory job group:

  • NIS Scan Job – Provides essential user and group membership details to built-in solution sets