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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+) |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
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
Append, Replace, and Merge Options to NIS+ Table Population
Populating NIS+ Tables From Files
Security Considerations When Populating NIS+ Tables From Files
How to Populate NIS+ Tables From Files
Populating NIS+ Tables From NIS Maps
Security Considerations When Populating Tables From NIS Maps
How to Populate Tables From Maps
Transferring Information From NIS+ to NIS
How to Transfer Information From NIS+ to NIS
Limiting Access to the Passwd Column to NIS+ Owners and Administrators
How to Limit Read Access to the Passwd Column
NIS+ Table Population Summaries
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
Note - It is much easier to perform this task with the NIS+ installation scripts, as described in Part 1, than with the NIS+ command set, as described here. The methods described in this chapter should be used only by those administrators who are very familiar with NIS+ and who require some nonstandard features or configurations not provided by the installation scripts. Also, if you have them available, the Solaris Management Console tools provide easier methods of working with NIS+ tables.
You can populate NIS+ tables in four ways:
From files, as described in Populating NIS+ Tables From Files
From NIS maps, as described in Populating NIS+ Tables From NIS Maps
With the nispopulate script, as described in Populating NIS+ Tables and Populating the New NIS+ Subdomain's Tables
With Solaris Management Console tools, if you have them available
When populating tables from maps or files, the tables should have already been created in the process of setting up a root or subdomain, as explained in Chapter 5, Setting Up the NIS+ Root Domain and Chapter 8, Configuring an NIS+ Non-Root Domain. Although you can populate a domain's tables at any time after they are created, it is recommended that you do so immediately after setting up the domain. This enables you to add clients more easily, since the required information about the clients should already be available in the domain's tables.