How to Create a Replica

Run the nisserver -R command as superuser (root) on the NIS+ domain's master server.

client2# nisserver -R -d sales.doc.com. -h client3
This script sets up a NIS+ replica server for domain sales.doc.com.
Domain name 	::sales.doc.com.
NIS+ server :client
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In this example, client2 is the master server. The -R option indicates that a replica should be configured. The -d option specifies the NIS+ domain name (sales.doc.com. in this example). The -h option specifies the client machine (client3, in this example) that will become the replica. Notice that this machine is still a client of the doc.com. domain and not a client of the sales.doc.com. domain.

See "How to Create a Root Replica" for the rest of this script's output.