To Set Up NIS+ with Databases from the Staging Area

For fuller descriptions of NIS+ setup and administration, see

• Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide and

• Solaris Naming Administration Guide

1. Double-click the Create NIS+ server action in the System_Admin folder.

   See "To Run a Script from the System_Admin Folder" if you are unfamiliar with using trusted actions.

2. Enter your NIS+ domain name.

   This workstation will be the root master. For example,

   Domain Name: aviary.eco.org.

   There is a period at the end of the domain name.

3. Answer the prompts ( y, y, rootpassword).

   You can ignore diagnostics printing out that the file /etc/defaultdomain cannot be located. The file will be created.

4. In the /setup/files directory, make sure that you have added all NIS+ clients to the hosts file.

   # cd /setup/files # more hosts

5. Populate the standard NIS+ databases from the /setup/files directory by running the Populate NIS+ Tables action in the System_Admin folder.

6. Enter your staging area when prompted.

   Populate from which directory? /setup/files

7. Answer the prompts (y, y).

   ... Is this information correct? y ... Do you want to continue? y

8. Load any additional NIS+ tables you may have backed up, such as auto_home.

   Procedures vary depending on the format of the backup and on what types of NIS+ tables they are. Refer to the Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide for details of how to load your tables.

9. Do not reboot your system yet.