Preparing Source Files for Conversion to NIS Maps

Prepare the source files for conversion to NIS maps.

How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion

1. Become superuser.

2. Check the source files on the master server to make sure they reflect an up-to-date picture of your environment.

   Check the following files:

   • auto.home or auto_home

   • auto.master or auto_master

   • bootparams

   • ethers

   • group

   • hosts

   • ipnodes

   • netgroup

   • netmasks

   • networks

   • passwd

   • protocols

   • rpc

   • service

   • shadow

   • user_attr

3. Copy all of these source files, except passwd, to the DIR directory that you have selected.

4. Copy the passwd file to the PWDIR directory that you have selected.

5. Copy audit_user, auth_attr, exec_attr, and prof_attr to the selected RBACDIR directory.

6. Check the /etc/mail/aliases file.

   Unlike other source files, the /etc/mail/aliases file cannot be moved to another directory. This file must reside in the /etc/mail directory. Make sure that the /etc/mail/aliases source file contains all the mail aliases that you want to have available throughout the domain. Refer to aliases(4) for more information.

7. Clean all comments and other extraneous lines and information from the source files.

   These operations can be done through a sed or awk script or with a text editor. The Makefile performs some file cleaning automatically for you, but it is good practice to examine and clean these files by hand before running.

8. Make sure that the data in all the source files is correctly formatted.

   Source file data needs to be in the correct format for that particular file. Check the man pages for the different files to make sure that each file is in the correct format.