Administering Network Information Service

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Chapter 7

This chapter describes how to administer NIS. The following topics are covered:

Password Files and Namespace Security
Administering NIS Users
Working With NIS Maps
Updating and Modifying Existing Maps
Working With NIS Servers

Note - The NIS service is managed by the Service Management Facility. Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or restarting, can be performed by using the svcadm command. See NIS and the Service Management Facility for more information about using SMF with NIS. For an overview of SMF, refer to Chapter 1, Introduction to the Service Management Facility, in Managing System Services in Oracle Solaris 11.2 . Also refer to the svcadm (1M) and svcs (1) man pages for more details.

NIS services can also be started and stopped by using the ypstart and ypstop commands. See the ypstart (1M) and ypstop (1M) man pages for more information.