Just some extra info. The entry is definitely in there, I just can't figure out how to pull it back out:

[root@freeipa4 ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W -f ./nis.txt
Enter LDAP Password:
adding new entry "nis-domain=<redacted>+nis-map=auto.main,cn=NIS Server,cn=plugins,cn=config"
ldap_add: Already exists (68)

[root@freeipa4 ~]#



On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 1:35 PM Russell Jones <arjones85@gmail.com> wrote:
I am logging in as the Directory Manager user. 

I downloaded an LDAP brower app and have also logged in as that user, and not seeing the entries anywhere there either.

Here's what I am getting from a CLI standpoint:

[root@freeipa4 ~]# ldapsearch -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W > output.txt
Enter LDAP Password:
[root@freeipa4 ~]# grep -i "cn=config" output.txt
ipaPermTarget: cn=*,cn=automember rebuild membership,cn=tasks,cn=config
ipaPermLocation: cn=tasks,cn=config
[root@freeipa4 ~]#

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 1:30 PM Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com> wrote:
Russell Jones via FreeIPA-users wrote:
> I have followed this documentation for enabling an automount to show up
> for a NIS client that is bound to FreeIPA, and it worked as expected and
> the NIS client can see the automount:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/linux_domain_identity_authentication_and_policy_guide/exposing_automount_maps_to_nis_clients
>
> I then went back and dumped the entire ldap tree out of curiosity to see
> my changes I just added, and they are not there. If I search for the
> keys "nis-base" or "nis-domain" for example, it's no where to be found. 
>
> Where did this change actually go? I feel like I'm going crazy! :)
>

What user did you use to dump the tree? It's likely it lacked the read
permissions to see the cn=config entries.

rob