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nisserver - set up NIS+ servers.
/usr/lib/nis/nisserver -r
[-x] [-f] [ -v][-Y]
[-d <NIS+_domain>] [-g < NIS+_groupname>]
[-l <network_passwd>]
/usr/lib/nis/nisserver -M [-x] [-f] [ -v] [-Y]
-d <NIS+_domain> [-g <NIS+_groupname>] [-h <NIS+_server_host>]
/usr/lib/nis/nisserver
-R [-x] [-f] [ -v] [-Y] [-d <NIS+_domain>] [-h <NIS+_server_host>]
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The nisserver shell script can be used to set up a root
master, non-root master, and replica NIS+ servers with level 2 security
(DES).
When setting up a new domain, this script creates the NIS+ directories
(including groups_dir and org_dir) and system table objects for the domain
specified. It does not populate the tables. You will need to use nispopulate(1M)
to populate the tables.
Use the first synopsis (-r) to set up a root master
server. You must be logged in as super-user on the server machine.
Use the
second synopsis (-M) to set up a non-root master server for the specified
domain. You must be logged in as an NIS+ principal on a NIS+ machine and
have write permission to the parent directory of the domain that you are
setting up. The new non-root master server machine must already be an NIS+
client (see nisclient(1M)
) and have the rpc.nisd daemon running (see rpc.nisd(1M)
).
Use the third synopsis (-R) to set up a replica server for both root and
non-root domains. You must be logged in as an NIS+ principal on an NIS+ machine
and have write permission to the parent directory of the domain that you
are replicating. The new non-root replica server machine must already be
an NIS+ client (see nisclient(1M)
) and have the rpc.nisd daemon running
(see rpc.nisd(1M)
).
- -d <NIS+_domain>
- specifies the name for the NIS+
domain. The default is your local domain.
- -f
- forces the NIS+ server setup
without prompting for confirmation.
- -g <NIS+_groupname>
- specifies the NIS+
group name for the new domain. This option is not valid with -R option.
The default group is admin.<domain>.
- -h <NIS+_server_host>
- specifies the hostname
for the NIS+ server. It must be a valid host in the local domain. Use a
fully qualified hostname (for example, hostx.xyz.sun.com.) to specify a host
outside of your local domain. This option is ONLY used for setting up non-root
master or replica servers. The default for non-root master server setup is
to use the same list of servers as the parent domain. The default for replica
server setup is the local hostname.
- -l <network_password>
- specifies the network
password with which to create the credentials for the root master server.
This option is ONLY used for master root server setup (-r option). If this
option is not specified, the script will prompt you for the login password.
- -M
- sets up the specified host as a master server. Make sure that rpc.nisd(1M)
is running on the new master server before this command is executed.
- -R
- sets
up the specified host as a replica server. Make sure that rpc.nisd(1M)
is
running on the new replica server.
- -r
- sets up the server as a root master
server. Use the -R option to set up a root replica server.
- -v
- runs the script
in verbose mode.
- -x
- turns the "echo" mode on. The script just prints the
commands that it would have executed. Note that the commands are not actually
executed. The default is off.
- -Y
- sets up an NIS+ server with NIS-compatibility
mode. The default is to set up the server without NIS-compatibility mode.
To set up a root master server for domain sun.com. :
- root_server#
/usr/lib/nis/nisserver -r -d sun.com.
For the following examples make sure
that the new servers are NIS+ clients and rpc.nisd is running on these
hosts before executing nisserver.
To set up a replica server for domain
sun.com. on host sunreplica :
- root_server# /usr/lib/nis/nisserver -R -d sun.com.
\
-h sunreplica }
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