Keep in mind that removing NIS+ from a server does not remove the NIS+ name service from your network. See Removing the NIS+ Namespace for information on removing the NIS+ name service from a network and returning to either NIS or /etc files for naming purposes.

Note - You can replace a machine that you are using as an NIS+ server with another machine. See Replacing NIS+ Server Machines.

To remove NIS+ from a server, follow these steps:

How to Remove NIS+ From a Server

Perform the steps necessary to remove NIS+ from a client.
An NIS+ server is also an NIS+ client. This means that you must first remove the client-related part of NIS+. You can use nisclient -r as described in Removing NIS+ That Was Installed Using nisclient or the NIS+ command set as described in Removing NIS+ That Was Installed Using NIS+ Commands.

Remove the server's groups_dir and org_dir directories.

server# nisrmdir -f groups_dir.domainname
server# nisrmdir -f org_dir.domainname

Stop the keyserver.

client# svcadm disable /network/rpc/keyserv

Stop the NIS+ service.
This kills the rpc.nisd daemon and the nis_cachemgr.
```
server# svcadm disable /network/rpc/nisplus:default
```

Stop the name service cache (nscd).

server# svcadm disable /system/name-service-cache:default

Remove the /var/nis directory and files.
```
rootmaster# rm -rf /var/nis/*
```

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