How to Create an NIS+ Replica

Before You Begin

Before you run nisserver to create a replica, be sure the following prerequisites have been met.

• The domain must have already been configured and its master server must be running.

• The domain's tables must be populated. (At a minimum, the hosts table must have an entry for the new client machine.)

• You must have initialized the client machine in the parent domain.

• You must have started the NIS+ service, rpc.nisd, on the client.

• You must be logged in as root on the master server. In this example, the master machine is named client2.

You need the following information to run nisserver.

• The domain name

• The client machine name (client3, in this example)

• The superuser password for the root master server

1. Run the nisserver -R command as superuser (root) on the NIS+ domain's master server.

   client2# nisserver -R -d sales.doc.com. -h client3 This script sets up an NIS+ replica server for domain sales.doc.com. Domain name ::sales.doc.com. NIS+ server :client Is this information correct? (type 'y' to accept, 'n' to change)

   In this example, client2 is the master server. The -R option indicates that a replica should be configured. The -d option specifies the NIS+ domain name (sales.doc.com. in this example). The -h option specifies the client machine (client3, in this example) that will become the replica. Notice that this machine is still a client of the doc.com. domain and not a client of the sales.doc.com. domain.

   See How to Create an NIS+ Root Replica for the rest of this script's output.