How This Book Is Organized
This book contains six chapters.
Chapter 1, Introduction describes the differences between NIS and NIS+ features and an overview of the suggested transition process.
Chapter 2, Planning the NIS+ Namespace discusses how to design your NIS+ namespace.
Chapter 3, Planning NIS+ Security Measures describes the NIS+ security features and the effects they have on administration and transition planning.
Chapter 4, Using NIS-Compatibility Mode describes how to run NIS and NIS+ clients concurrently and NIS+ servers in NIS-compatibility mode.
Chapter 5, Prerequisites to Transition presents the steps that you need to take before beginning the actual transition.
Chapter 6, Implementing the Transition lists the steps required to implement an NIS-to-NIS+ transition.
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