System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

Dealing with Mixed NIS Domains

If the master and slave servers are not both running Solaris 2, refer to the following table for how to avoid potential problems. The notation “4.0.3+” refers to that and later releases of the Solaris OS. makedm -b is a reference to the “B” variable in the Makefile.

Table 6–1 NIS/DNS in Heterogeneous NIS Domains

Slave 

Master 

4.0.3+ 

Solaris NIS 

4.0.3+

Master: makedbm -b

Slave: ypxfr

Master: makedbm -b

Slave: ypxfr -b

Master: ypserv -d

Slave: ypxfr -b

Solaris NIS

Master: makedbm -b

Slave: ypxfr

Master: makedbm -b

Slave: ypxfr

Master: ypserv -d

Slave:ypxfr with resolv.conf or ypxfr -b