How to Select a Different Configuration File

To change to a switch file, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the client as superuser.

2. Copy the alternate file appropriate for the machine's name service over the nsswitch.conf file.

   NIS+ Version (done automatically for you by NIS+ scripts)

   client1# cd /etc client1# cp nsswitch.nisplus nsswitch.conf

   NIS Version

   client1# cd /etc client1# cp nsswitch.nis nsswitch.conf

   Local /etc Files Version

   client1# cd /etc client1# cp nsswitch.files nsswitch.conf

3. Reboot the workstation.

   The nscd name service cache daemon caches switch information. Some library routines do not periodically check the nsswitch.conf file to see whether it has been changed. You must reboot the workstation to make sure that the daemon and those routines have the latest information in the file.