Information You Need

You need:

• A name for the new non-root domain--the name of the new domain includes the name of the parent domain with this syntax: newdomain.rootdomain.

• The client machine name (client2, in this example)

• The superuser password for the parent master server

In the following example, the new non-root domain is called sub.doc.com.

Any NIS+ client can be converted to an NIS+ master server as long as it is itself in a domain above the domain it is serving. For example, an NIS+ client in domain sales.doc.com can serve domains below it in the hierarchy, such as west.sales.doc.com or even alameda.west.sales.doc.com. This client cannot, however, serve the domain doc.com, because doc.com is above the domain sales.doc.com in the hierarchy. Root replicas are the only exception to this rule. They are clients of the domain that they serve.