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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+) |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
Format of the nsswitch.conf File
Comments in nsswitch.conf Files
Keyserver and publickey Entry in the Switch File
Default Name Service Switch Template Files
Selecting a Different Configuration File
Modifying the Name Service Switch
Enabling an NIS+ Client to Use IPv6 Prior to the Solaris 10 7/07 Release
How to Enable an NIS+ Client to Use IPv6
Name Service Switch File and Password Information
Part II NIS+ Setup and Configuration
4. Configuring NIS+ With Scripts
5. Setting Up the NIS+ Root Domain
8. Configuring an NIS+ Non-Root Domain
10. NIS+ Tables and Information
12. Administering NIS+ Credentials
14. Administering Enhanced NIS+ Security Credentials
15. Administering NIS+ Access Rights
16. Administering NIS+ Passwords
18. Administering NIS+ Directories
20. NIS+ Server Use Customization
23. Information in NIS+ Tables
Common NIS+ Namespace Error Messages
If +/- is used in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group files, you will need to modify the nsswitch.conffile to insure compatibility.
NIS+. To provide +/- semantics with NIS+, change the passwd and groups sources to compat and add a passwd_compat: nisplus entry to the nsswitch.conf file after the passwd or group entry as shown below:
passwd: compat passwd_compat: nisplus group: compat group_compat: nisplus
The above specifies that client routines obtain their network information from /etc files and NIS+ tables as indicated by the +/- entries in the files.
NIS. To provide the same syntax as in the SunOS 4 release, change the passwd and groups sources to compat.
passwd: compat group: compat
This specifies that /etc files and NIS maps as indicated by the +/- entries in the files.