Hello Walter,  does the NIS provider show up as active in the output of  "isi auth status"?  The rest is normal netgroup+NIS stuff, check out  man netgroup.  Basically you need to have a /etc/netgroup file with a plain '+' to pull the netgroup map from NIS into the system.  The /etc/netgroup file will be synced to all nodes automagically ("mcp" mechanism).  hth  -- Peter
Hello ,  Im new in this group and also are starting to learn Isilon working/concept We have a isilon running v7.0.2.8 B_7_0_2_8_269(RELEASE): This Box is connected to NIS server which I can list the users and groups without any problem. We want too use also NIS netgroups . I m able to view the netgroup on the NIS server. When I try to see/list the netgroup on Isilon I get following : nlba0isi01-2#   isi   auth    netgroups  list  --netgroup=host1 The authentication request could not be handled Any one an idea how to make the netgroup (entrys)  visible on Isilon ? Thx Walter     
How too use netgroups (NIS)