Before you can run rpc.nisd:
The domain must have already been configured and its master server must be running.
The master server of the domain's tables must be populated. (At a minimum, the hosts table must have an entry for the new client machine.)
You must have initialized the client machine in the domain.
You must be logged in as root on the client machine. In this example, the client machine is named client1.
Optionally, if using DES authentication, the client machine must use the same Diffie-Hellman key configuration as that used on the master server.
You need the superuser password of the client that you will convert into a server.