NIS Considerations

Keep the following in mind if you are using Solaris Print Manager to update printer information in the NIS name service:

• The /etc/printers.conf must be the source file for creating the NIS map, printers.conf.byname. If you have modified the NIS makefile to use another source file for the printer information, then you cannot use Solaris Print Manager to manage printer information in the NIS name service.

• If your network is set up with NIS master and slave servers, the NIS slaves may not see the updated printer information until the NIS slaves are updated. See ypmake(1M) for more information.

• If your NIS servers are running Solaris 2.5 and compatible versions, you must have explicit permissions on the NIS master server to update the maps. This means an entry for your system name must reside in root's .rhosts file on the NIS master server.