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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+)
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Preface

Part I About Naming and Directory Services

1.  Name Service Switch

Part II NIS+ Setup and Configuration

2.  NIS+: An Introduction

3.  NIS+ Setup Scripts

4.  Configuring NIS+ With Scripts

NIS+ Configuration Overview

NIS+ and the Service Management Facility

Using svcadm With rpc.nisd -x

Modifying the /lib/svc/method/nisplus File

Creating a Sample NIS+ Namespace

Summary of NIS+ Scripts Command Lines

Setting Up NIS+ Root Servers

Prerequisites to Running nisserver to Set Up a Root Server

How to Create an NIS+ Root Master Server

How to Change Incorrect Information When Setting Up NIS+

How to Set Up a Multihomed NIS+ Root Master Server

Populating NIS+ Tables

Prerequisites to Running nispopulate to Populate Root Server Tables

How to Populate the NIS+ Root Master Server Tables

Setting Up NIS+ Client Machines

How to Initialize a New NIS+ Client Machine

Creating Additional NIS+ Client Machines

Initializing NIS+ Client Users

How to Initialize an NIS+ User

Setting Up NIS+ Servers

Configuring a Client as an NIS+ Server

How to Configure an NIS+ Server Without NIS Compatibility

How to Configure an NIS+ Server With NIS Compatibility

How to Configure an NIS+ Server With DNS Forwarding and NIS Compatibility

Creating Additional NIS+ Servers

Creating an NIS+ Root Replica Server

How to Create an NIS+ Root Replica

How to Set Up Multihomed NIS+ Replica Servers

Creating an NIS+ Subdomain

How to Create a New Non-Root NIS+ Domain

Creating Additional NIS+ Domains

Populating the New NIS+ Subdomain's Tables

Prerequisites to Populating a NIS+ Subdomain's Tables

Populating the NIS+ Master Server Tables

How to Populate the NIS+ Tables From Files

How to Populate the NIS+ Tables From NIS Maps

Creating NIS+ Subdomain Replicas

How to Create an NIS+ Replica

Initializing NIS+ Subdomain Client Machines

How to Initialize an NIS+ Subdomain Client Machine

Initializing an NIS+ Subdomain Client Users

How to Initialize an NIS+ Subdomain User

Summary of Commands for the Sample NIS+ Namespace

5.  Setting Up the NIS+ Root Domain

6.  Configuring NIS+ Clients

7.  Configuring NIS+ Servers

8.  Configuring an NIS+ Non-Root Domain

9.  Setting Up NIS+ Tables

Part III NIS+ Administration

10.  NIS+ Tables and Information

11.  NIS+ Security Overview

12.  Administering NIS+ Credentials

13.  Administering NIS+ Keys

14.  Administering Enhanced NIS+ Security Credentials

15.  Administering NIS+ Access Rights

16.  Administering NIS+ Passwords

17.  Administering NIS+ Groups

18.  Administering NIS+ Directories

19.  Administering NIS+ Tables

20.  NIS+ Server Use Customization

21.  NIS+ Backup and Restore

22.  Removing NIS+

23.  Information in NIS+ Tables

24.  NIS+ Troubleshooting

A.  NIS+ Error Messages

About NIS+ Error Messages

Common NIS+ Namespace Error Messages

B.  Updates to NIS+ During the Solaris 10 Release

Solaris 10 and NIS+

Glossary

Index

Chapter 4

Configuring NIS+ With Scripts

This chapter describes how to configure a basic NIS+ namespace using the nisserver, nispopulate, and nisclient scripts in combination with a few NIS+ commands.


Note - NIS+ might not be supported in a future release. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available as of the Solaris 9 release. For more information, see System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) and visit NIS+ End-of-Feature (EOF) Announcement FAQ.