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Operating Systems Solaris Setting up NIS Post 41171 by meyersp on Tuesday 30th of September 2003 11:12:19 AM
Old 09-30-2003
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
 

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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

ypwhich

ypwhich(1)							   User Commands							ypwhich(1)

NAME

       ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSIS

       ypwhich [-d domain] [ [-t] -m  [mname] | [-Vn] hostname]

       ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION

       ypwhich	returns  the  name  of	the  NIS server that supplies the  NIS name services to a NIS client, or which is the master for a map. If
       invoked without arguments, it gives the NIS server for the local machine.  If hostname is specified, that machine is queried  to  find  out
       which NIS master it is using.

       Refer to ypfiles(4) for an overview of the  NIS name services.

OPTIONS

       -d domain       Use domain instead of the default domain.

       -t	       This option inhibits map nickname translation.

       -m mname        Find  the  master  NIS server for a map.  No hostname can be specified with -m. mname can be a mapname, or a nickname for a
		       map. When mname is omitted, produce a list of available maps.

       -x	       Display the map nickname translation table.

       -Vn	       Version of  ypbind, V3 is default.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnisu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ypfiles(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    7 Apr 1995								ypwhich(1)
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