If the master and slave servers are not both running Solaris 2, refer to the following table for how to avoid potential problems. The notation “4.0.3+” refers to the that and later releases of SunOS. makedm —b is a reference to the “-B” variable in the Makefile.
Table 9–1 NIS/DNS in Heterogeneous NIS Domains
Slave |
|
Master |
|
|
4.0.3+ |
|
Solaris |
4.0.3+ |
Master: makedbm —b Slave: ypxfr |
Master: makedbm —b Slave: ypxfr |
Master: ypserv —d ypxrf —b |
Solaris NIS |
Master: makedbm —b Slave: ypxfr |
Master: makedbm —b Slave: ypxfr |
Master: ypserv —d Slave: ypxfr with resolv.conf or ypxfr —b |