Starting and Stopping NIS Services on an NIS Server

Now that the master maps are created, you can start the NIS daemons on the master server and begin service. When you enable the NIS service, the ypserv and ypbind daemons start on the server. When a client requests information from the server, ypserv is the daemon that responds to information requests from clients after looking them up in the NIS maps. The ypserv and ypbind daemons are administered as a unit.

The following are the three ways that the NIS service can be started or stopped on a server:

• The SMF service automatically starts the NIS service during the boot process, if the NIS service was enabled previously.

• Using the svcadm enable fmri and svcadm disable fmri commands is the preferred manual method.

• The ypstart and ypstop commands, provide another manual method, although the svcadm command is preferred so that you can use SMF to administer the NIS service..

Starting the NIS Service Automatically

When the svc:/network/nis/server service is enabled, then the ypserv daemon is automatically started up at boot. See How to Set Up the Master Server for more information.

How to Enable the NIS Server Services Manually

When you use the svcadm command, the instance name is required only if you are running more than one instance of the service. For more information, see NIS and the Service Management Facility, or the svcadm(1M) man page.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.

2. Start the required NIS server services.

   # svcadm enable network/nis/domain
   # svcadm enable network/nis/server

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   Note - The NIS service can also be enabled by using the ypstart command although the svcadm command is preferred.

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How to Disable the NIS Server Services

When you use the svcadm command, a specific instance name is required only if you are running more than one instance of the service. For more information, see NIS and the Service Management Facility, or the svcadm(1M) man page.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.

2. Disable the required NIS server services.

   # svcadm disable network/nis/domain
   # svcadm disable network/nis/server

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   Note - The NIS service can also be disabled using the ypstop command.

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How to Refresh the NIS Server Service

This procedure explains how to refresh the NIS server services after a configuration change has been made.

When you use the svcadm command, a specific instance name is required only if you are running more than one instance of the service. For more information, see NIS and the Service Management Facility, or the svcadm(1M) man page.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.

2. Refresh the required NIS server services.

   # svcadm refresh network/nis/domain
   # svcadm refresh network/nis/server