Solaris Naming Administration Guide

Problems in Mixed NIS Domains

Most of the preceding information assumes that both master and slave servers in the NIS domain are running the Solaris Release 2. If that is not the case, problems may arise. Table 19-1 summarizes how to successfully avoid problems in mixed NIS domains. The notation "4.0.3+" means "release 4.0.3 of the SunOS operating environment or later." The command makedbm -b is a reference to the "-B" variable in the Makefile.

Table 19-1 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 resolve.conf or ypxfr -b