Ending Use of Server Preferences

You can stop using server-use customization and revert to the obtaining NIS+ information as described in "Default Client Search Behavior".

To end server preferences, run nisprefadm with the -x option.

When you end server preferences, clients do not stop using server preferences until the normal course of events as described "When Server Preferences Take Effect". You can force an immediate end to server preferences as described in"Putting Server Preferences Into Immediate Effect".

How to Eliminate Global Server Preferences

Run nisprefadm with the -G and -x options.

#nisprefadm -G -x

This eliminates global server preferences.

• Client machines that do not have local server preferences will obtain NIS+ information as described in "Default Client Search Behavior".

• Client machines that do have local server preferences set by a local /var/nis/client_info file will continue to use servers as specified in that file.

How to Eliminate Local Server Preferences

Ending local preferences can mean one of three different things:

• That you want the machine to stop using its local client_info file for its server preferences and start using the preferences set for its subnet in the domain's global client_info table.

• That you want this machine to stop using its local client_info file for its server preferences and start using the preferences set for it specifically in the domain's global client_info table.

• That you do not want the machine to use server preferences at all. When a machine does not use server preferences, it obtains NIS+ information as described in "Default Client Search Behavior".

How to Switch From Local to Global Subnet Preferences

Remove the machine's /var/nis/client_info file.

# rm /var/nis/client_info

This causes the machine to use the preferences specified for the machine's subnet in the domain's global client_info table.

How to Switch From Local to Machine-Specific Global Preferences

1. Remove the machine's /var/nis/client_info file.

   # rm /var/nis/client_info

2. Specify preferences for the machine in the global table using the -G and -C options.

   See "How to Set Global Preferences for an Individual Machine".

How to Stop a Machine From Using Any Server Preferences

1. Remove the machine's /var/nis/client_info file.

   # rm /var/nis/client_info

   If the machine's domain does not have a global client_info table, this step is all you have to do. If the domain does have a client_info table, continue on to the next step.

2. Create an empty /var/nis/client_info file.

   # touch /var/nis/client_info

   When a machine has its own /var/nis/client_info file, it does not use global preferences from any client_info table. If the machine has an empty /var/nis/client_info file, it will not use any preferences at all and will obtain NIS+ information, as described in "Default Client Search Behavior".