Solaris

As i read all the information you've posted it seems to be looking fine but you have to delete all the users from the passwd and shadow file not just only root.


cp /nsswitch.nis to /nsswitch.conf
Make the following files under /var/yp
bootparms ethers netgroup and so on.
also change the dir in makefile and then ran all the commands....
ypinit -s or -c

I have done all of the things that you suggested already and NIS is functional. My concerns were mainly based around administering the domian.

Like,
The best way to add a user to NIS?
Do you have to add an entry to /etc/dfs/dfstab in order to allow the client to access their home directory on the server? Is there a way to have this automatic after the user has been created?

Thanks,
Steve

Ok for the next step I want to configure NIS for my live environment. This lab is connect to a rather large company network mainly running windows systems.

I have some questions about things I ll need to incorporate into the company network.

I assume that I will need a Static IP for any servers?
Also a subnet for my network?
Should I configure DHCP on the NIS Server?
Should I incorporate DNS forward lookup from the NIS server to the companies central windows DNS server?
Is one Sunblade 100 powerful enough to function as the the NIS master server and central file server for a lab of 25 systems?

Please let me know if there is anything im forgetting or if you can give me some info on these questions.

Thanks