Add the Client to the Name Service Domain

Skip this procedure if the client specified a name service during network install. After JumpStart installation, you must do the procedure to add the client to the domain.

Add Client to the NIS+ Domain

Prerequisite: The rup command must succeed in both directions: from client to master, and master to client.

1. As root, at label ADMIN_LOW, add the workstation as a NIS+ client using the Create NIS+ Client action in the System_Admin folder.

   See "To Run a Script from the System_Admin Folder" if you are unfamiliar with using trusted actions.

2. Enter the NIS+ domain name and hostname of the root master. There is a period at the end of the domain name.

   For example,

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      Domain Name: aviary.eco.org.
      Hostname of NIS+ Master: toucan
   

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3. Answer the prompts ( y, (your-master's-ip-address), nisplus, rootpassword).

   You can ignore diagnostics printing out that certain files and directories cannot be located. The files and directories will be created.

4. Do not reboot when the nisclient(1M) script prints out:

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      Once initialization is done, you will need to reboot your machine.

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   You will reboot after setting up DNS.

Add Client to the NIS Domain

1. As root, at label ADMIN_LOW, add the workstation as a NIS client using the Create NIS Client action in the System_Admin folder.

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   Note -

   If this is a NIS slave server, make sure you enter this host name and the name of the master server at the prompts.

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   See "To Run a Script from the System_Admin Folder" if you are unfamiliar with using trusted actions.

   The action copies the nsswitch.nis file to the nsswitch.conf file.

2. Do not reboot until after you have set up DNS.