Server Command Equivalents

Table 4-4 shows name server-to-name server commands. The NIS server commands are not included in the Solaris 2 or Solaris 7 releases, so they are not available to either NIS+ servers or NIS+ servers in NIS-compatibility mode. In addition, an NIS server cannot make updates to an NIS+ server, nor can an NIS+ server make updates to an NIS server. Column 3 lists the NIS+ server commands that are equivalent to the NIS server commands in column 1. Servers in NIS-compatibility mode have no exact equivalents because NIS-compatibility mode refers only to client commands.

Table 4-4 NIS Server Commands and Equivalent NIS+ Commands

SunOS 4.x NIS Server	NIS+ Server in NIS-Compatibility Mode	NIS+ Server
ypxfr	N/A	N/A
makedbm	N/A	nisaddent
ypinit -m ypinit -s	N/A	nisserver
ypserv	rpc.nisd -Y	rpc.nisd
ypserv -d	rpc.nisd -Y -B	No DNS forwarding needed; use /etc/nsswitch.conf
ypxfrd	N/A	N/A
rpc.ypupdated	N/A	N/A
rpc.yppasswd	rpc.nispasswdd	rpc.nispasswdd
yppush	N/A	nisping
ypmake	N/A	nissetup, nisaddent
ypxfr	N/A	N/A