Prerequisites to Running nisserver

Before you can run nisserver to create a replica:

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

• 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 the client machine in the parent domain.

• You must have started rpc.nisd on the client.

• You must be logged in as root on the master server. In this example, the master machine is named client2.

Information You Need

• The domain name

• The client machine name (client3, in this example)

• The superuser password for the root master server