NIS+ Client Configuration Summary

Table 6-1 shows a summary of the steps required to configure a client named client1 in the doc.com domain. It assumes the simplest case, so be sure you are familiar with the more thorough task descriptions before you use this summary as a reference. For the sake of brevity, this summary does not show the responses to each command.

Table 6-1 Setting Up an NIS+ Client: Command Summary

Tasks	Commands
Log in to domain's master.	`rootmaster%`
Create DES credentials for client.	`rootmaster% nisaddcred -p unix.client1.doc.com -P client1.doc.com. des`
Ascertain the Diffie-Hellman .key length.	`rootmaster% nisauthconf`
Log in, as superuser, to the client.	`client1% su` `Password:`
Assign the client a domain name.	`client1# domainname doc.com` `client1# domainname > /etc/defaultdomain`
Check that the client's switch configuration file has the correct settings.	`client1# more /etc/nsswitch.conf`
Set the Diffie-Hellman key length.	`client1# nisauthconf dh640-0 des`
Clean out `/var/nis`.	`client1# rm -rf /var/nis/*`
Initialize the client.	`client1# nisinit -c -H rootmaster`
Remove the `/etc/.rootkey file` and restart the keyserver.	`client1# svcadm disable network/rpc/keyserv` `client1# rm` `-f` `/etc/.rootkey` `client1# svcadm enable network/rpc/keyserv`
Run `keylogin` on the client.	`client1# keylogin -r password:`
Reboot the client.	`client1# reboot`

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