The domain must have already been set up and its master server must be running.
The domain's servers must have enough swap space to accommodate the new table information.
The information in the file must be formatted appropriately for the table into which it will be loaded. See Prerequisites to Running nispopulate for information concerning what format a text file must have to be transferred into its corresponding NIS+ table. Local /etc files are usually formatted properly, but may have several comments that you need to remove.
Machine and user names cannot be duplicated. All users and all machines must have unique names. You cannot have a machine with the same name as a user.
Machine names cannot contain dots (periods) or underscores. For example, a machine named sales.alpha is not allowed. Hyphens, however, are allowed. For example, a machine name such as sales-alpha is allowed.