Removing the NIS+ Namespace

To remove the NIS+ namespace and return to using either NIS or /etc files for name services, follow these steps:

How to Remove the NIS+ Namespace

1. Remove the .rootkey file from the root master.

   rootmaster# rm -f /etc/.rootkey

2. Remove the groups_dir and org_dir subdirectories from the root master root domain.

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

   Where domainname is the name of the root domain, for example, doc.com.

3. Remove the root domain.

   rootmaster# nisrmdir -f domainname

   Where domainname is the name of the root domain, for example, doc.com.

4. Stop the keyserver.

   client# svcadm disable /network/rpc/keyserv

5. Stop the NIS+ service.

   This kills the rpc.nisd daemon and the nis_cachemgr.

   rootmaster# svcadm disable -t /network/rpc/nisplus:default

6. Stop the name service cache (nscd).

   rootmaster# svcadm disable -t /system/name-service-cache:default

7. Create a new domain.

   rootmaster# domainname name

   Where name is the name of the new domain; for example, the name of the domain before you installed NIS+.

8. Remove the existing /etc/defaultdomain file.

   rootmaster# rm /etc/defaultdomain

9. Recreate the /etc/defaultdomain file with the new domain name.

   rootmaster# domainname > /etc/defaultdomain

10. Replace the original nsswitch.conf file.

    If you set up this server with nisserver -r, you can use:

    rootmaster# cp /etc/nsswitch.conf.no_nisplus /etc/nsswitch.conf

    Alternatively, you can copy over one of the default switch template files. To use the default NIS switch file template, you would type:

    rootmaster# cp /etc/nsswitch.nis etc/nsswitch.conf

    To use the default /etc files switch file template, you would type:

    rootmaster# cp /etc/nsswitch.files etc/nsswitch.conf

11. Remove the /var/nis directory and files.

    rootmaster# rm -rf /var/nis/*

12. Start the NIS+ service.

    rootmaster# svcadm enable /network/rpc/nisplus:default