Initializing Subdomain NIS+ Client Users

You use the same procedure (nisclient) to initialize a user in the new domain as you do to initialize a user in the root domain. All users must make themselves NIS+ clients. This example shows you only what you would type to initialize a user for the new domain. For the rest of the script's output, see How to Initialize an NIS+ User.

Prerequisites to Running nisclient

Before you can use the nisclient script to initialize a user:

• The domain must have already been configured and its master server must be running.

• The master server of the domain's tables must be populated. (At a minimum, the hosts table must have an entry for the new client machine.)

• You must have initialized a client machine in the domain.

• You must be logged in as a user on the client machine. In this example, the user is named user2.

Information You Need

You need:

• The user's login name (user2, in this example)

• The default Secure RPC password (nisplus)

• The login password of the user that will become the NIS+ client

How to Initialize an NIS+ Subdomain User

To become an NIS+ client, type the following command while logged in as the user.

user2prompt% nisclient -u
At the prompt below, type the network password (also known as the 
Secure-RPC password) that you obtained either from your administrator 
or from running the nispopulate script.
Please enter the Secure-RPC password for user2:

See How to Initialize an NIS+ User for the rest of this script's output.