Ending Use of Server Preferences in NIS+

You can stop using server-use customization and revert to the obtaining NIS+ information as described in Default NIS+ Client Search Behavior.

To end server preferences, run nisprefadm with the -x option.

# nisprefadm -G -x

Client machines that do not have local server preferences will obtain NIS+ information as described in Default NIS+ Client Search Behavior.
Client machines that do have local server preferences set by a local /var/nis/client_info file will continue to use servers as specified in that file.

Note –

When you end server preferences, clients do not stop using server preferences until the normal course of events as described When NIS+ Server Preferences Take Effect. You can force an immediate end to server preferences as described in Putting NIS+ Server Preferences Into Immediate Effect.