Working With Oracle^® Solaris 11.3 Directory and Naming Services: DNS and NIS

Configuring NIS

Before configuring your NIS namespace, you must do the following.

• Plan your NIS domain. See Planning Your NIS Domain for details.

• Install properly configured name service switch information on all the systems that will be using NIS. See About the Name Service Switch for details.

The following table list the procedures used to configure NIS.

Task Description For Instructions Prepare source files for conversion. You clean up local /etc files before building the NIS maps from them. How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion Set up the master server. Creates a master server, which is the primary source of NIS information. How to Set Up the Master Server Start NIS on the master server. Starts providing NIS information from an NIS server. Starting and Stopping NIS Services on an NIS Server Set up slave servers. Creates a slave server, which is a secondary source of NIS information. How to Set Up a Slave Server Set up an NIS client. Enables a client to use NIS information. Administering NIS Clients