NIS+ Root Reference
When your enterprise level name service is NIS+, the root reference address type is: onc_fn_nisplus_root. There are two required, and one optional, elements in a root reference network address. The elements are separated by white spaces:
root-domain server [server_IP_address] |
|
Address Element |
Description |
|---|---|
|
root_domain |
The fully qualified name of the NIS+ root domain (trailing dot required). |
|
server |
The host name of one of the NIS+ servers (master or replica) serving nis+_root_domain. |
|
server_IP_address |
The IP address of nis+server. This is optional if the address of nis+server is expected to be known. This means it should be available through one of the name services listed in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. |
For example, suppose that the NIS+ root domain is doc.com. (notice the trailing dot), and that it can be reached using the host nismaster.doc.com. The root reference would be:
doc.com. nismaster.doc.com |
The IP address of the server is not given in the example above because it is expected to be available through other means. If for some reason that IP address was not available through other means, the root reference would look like:
doc.com. nismaster.doc.com 123.123.123.33 |
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