NIS in the Solaris 7 release

The following NIS features are new or different in Solaris 7 release.

NSKit Discontinued

The most recent Solaris releases have not included NIS service. Up to now, NIS service had to be installed from the unbundled NSKit. NIS has now been included in the base Solaris 7 release, and there is no 7-level NSKit.

Because NIS service is now part of the base Solaris 7 release, the SUNWnsktu and SUNWnsktr packages no longer exist. Instead, NIS is now installed via the Solaris 7 release SUNWypu and SUNWypr packages.

NIS service is no longer started with the /etc/init.d/yp script, which no longer exists. With the Solaris 7 release, you first configure your master server NIS maps with the ypinit script, then start NIS with the /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstart script (these steps are described in detail in the following sections of this chapter). NIS service is stopped with the ypstop command.

Enhanced ypupdated Daemon

The most recent versions of NSKit did not include the ypupdated daemon. The ypupdated daemon is now included in this Solaris release.