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

NIS+ Table Population Summaries

Following are summaries of the steps required to populate NIS+ tables. They assume the simplest case, so be sure you are familiar with the more thorough task descriptions before you use this summary as a reference. For brevity, these summaries do not show the server's responses to each command.

Table 9–1 Transferring Files Into NIS+ Tables: Command Summary


Tasks	Commands
Log in to an NIS+ client.	`rootmaster%`
Create working copies of the files to be transferred.	`% cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.xfr`
Add `/usr/lib/nis` to search path.	`% PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/nis; export PATH`
Transfer each file, one at a time.	`% nisaddent -m -f /etc/hosts.xfr hosts`
Remove old server credentials from `publickey` file.	`% vi /etc/publickey.xfer`
Transfer it to the cred table.	`% nisaddent -a -f /etc/publickey.xfr cred`
Transfer the automounter files.	`% nisaddent -f auto.master.xfr -t auto_master.org_dir key-value` `% nisaddent -f auto.home.xfr -t auto_home.org_dir key-value`
Checkpoint the table directory.	`% nisping -C org_dir`

Table 9–2 Transferring Maps Into NIS+ Tables: Command Summary


Tasks	Commands
Log in to an NIS+ client.	`rootmaster%`
Add `/usr/lib/nis` to search path.	`% PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/nis; export PATH`
Transfer each map, one at a time.	`% nisaddent -m -y olddoc hosts`
Dump `publickey` map to a file.	`% makedbm -u /var/yp/olddoc/publickey.byname > /etc/publickey.xfr`
Remove new credentials.	`% vi /etc/publickey.xfr`
Transfer the `publickey` file.	`% nisaddent -a -f /etc/publickey.xfr -t cred.ortg_dir publickey`
Transfer the automounter maps.	`% nisaddent -y olddoc -Y auto.master -t auto_master.org_dir key-value` `% nisaddent -y olddoc -Y auto.home -t auto_home.org_dir key-value`
Checkpoint the table directory.	`% nisping -C org_dir`

Table 9–3 Transferring NIS+ Tables to NIS Maps: Command Summary


Tasks	Commands
Log in to NIS+ server.	`dualserver%`
Transfer NIS+ tables to files.	`% /usr/lib/nis/nisaddent -d [-t` `table]` `tabletype` `>` `filename`
Transfer files to NIS maps.	`% makedbm` `flags output-file NIS-dbm-file`

Table 9–4 Limiting Access to Passwd Column: Command Summary


Tasks	Commands
Log in to the domain's master server.	`rootmaster#`
Check the table's existing rights.	`# niscat -o passwd.org_dir`
Assign the table new rights.	`# nischmod og=rmcd,nw= passwd.org_dir`
Assign the columns new rights	`# nistbladm -u passwd=o+r, shadow=n+r passwd.org_dir`
Verify the new rights.	`# niscat -o passwd.org_dir`