NIS+ provides a full set of commands for administering a namespace. The table below, summarizes them.
Table 2–2 NIS+ Namespace Administration Commands
Command |
Description |
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nisaddcred |
Creates credentials for NIS+ principals and stores them in the cred table. |
nisaddent |
Adds information from /etc files or NIS maps into NIS+ tables. |
nisauthconf |
Optionally configure Diffie-Hellman key length. |
nisbackup |
Backs up NIS directories. |
nis_cachemgr |
Starts the NIS+ cache manager on an NIS+ client. |
niscat |
Displays the contents of NIS+ tables. |
nis_checkpoint |
Forces service to checkpoint data that has been entered in the log but not checkpointed to disk. |
nischgrp |
Changes the group owner of an NIS+ object. |
nischmod |
Changes an object's access rights. |
nischown |
Changes the owner of an NIS+ object. |
nischttl |
Changes an NIS+ object's time-to-live value. |
nisclient |
Initializes NIS+ principals. |
nisdefaults |
Lists an NIS+ object's default values: domain name, group name, machine name, NIS+ principal name, access rights, directory search path, and time-to-live. |
nisgrep |
Searches for entries in an NIS+ table. |
nisgrpadm |
Creates or destroys an NIS+ group, or displays a list of its members. Also adds members to a group, removes them, or tests them for membership in the group. |
nisinit |
Initializes an NIS+ client or server. |
nisln |
Creates a symbolic link between two NIS+ tables. |
nislog |
Displays the contents of NIS+ transaction log. |
nisls |
Lists the contents of an NIS+ directory. |
nismatch |
Searches for entries in an NIS+ table. |
nismkdir |
Creates an NIS+ directory and specifies its master and replica servers. |
nispasswd |
Changes password information stored in the NIS+ passwd table. (Rather than using nispasswd, you should use passwd or passwd -r nisplus.) |
nis_ping |
Forces a replica to update its data from the master server. |
nispopulate |
Populates the NIS+ tables in a new NIS+ domain. |
nisprefadm |
Specifies the order in which clients are to seek NIS+ information from NIS+ servers. |
nisrestore |
Restores previously backed up NIS+ directories and can also be used to quickly bring online new NIS+ replica servers. |
nisrm |
Removes NIS+ objects (except directories) from the namespace. |
nisrmdir |
Removes NIS+ directories and replicas from the namespace. |
nisserver |
Shell script used to set up a new NIS+ server. |
nissetup |
Creates org_dir and groups_dir directories and a complete set of (unpopulated) NIS+ tables for an NIS+ domain. |
nisshowcache |
Lists the contents of the NIS+ shared cache maintained by the NIS+ cache manager. |
nisstat |
Reports statistics and other information about an NIS+ server. |
nistbladm |
Creates or deletes NIS+ tables, and adds, modifies or deletes entries in an NIS+ table. |
nistest |
Reports the current state of the NIS+ namespace. |
nisupdkeys |
Updates the public keys stored in an NIS+ object. |
passwd |
Changes password information stored in the NIS+ Passwd table. Also administers password aging and other password-related parameters. |