nissetup(8) [osf1 man page]

nissetup(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       nissetup(8)

NAME

       nissetup, ypsetup - Sets up the Network Information Service (NIS) environment

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/nissetup

       /usr/sbin/ypsetup

DESCRIPTION

       The nissetup (formerly ypsetup) script configures and runs NIS on your system. You can use nissetup to initially set up your NIS configura-
       tion, to change your current NIS configuration, or to remove your NIS configuration.  NIS provides a distributed data  lookup  service  for
       sharing data among networked systems.

       Before  running	nissetup,  make sure that your system is connected to a local area network and that the network is configured and running.
       You must know the name of your NIS domain and your system's role in the domain (master server, slave server, or client).

								      Security Note

       You invoke nissetup from the SysMan Menu. See sysman(8) for more information.

       When using the nissetup script to set up a NIS server that is running with enhanced security, you must answer yes  to  the  question  about
       locking the domain name and authorized servers (the ypbind -S option). If you are setting up a master server, the server is bound to itself
       (done by default). If you are setting up a slave server, the server is bound to itself done by default) and optionally to the master server
       and any other slave servers.

       If  your  system  will  be  the master server for your NIS domain, be sure no other master exists for your domain and that the NIS database
       files are in the /var/yp/src directory.

									  Note

       Remove the root entry, if it exists, from the passwd database file.

       If your system be will be a slave server or client, be sure a master server is already set up for your NIS domain.

FILES

       Specifies the command pathname NIS parameters pertinent to a specific system

   Default NIS Databases
       In the /var/yp/src directory, the default databases are: Group database Host database Sendmail alias database Network group  aliases  data-
       base Network database Password database Protocol database RPC database Service database

SEE ALSO

       Commands: domainname(1), ypwhich(1), svcsetup(8), sysman(8), sysman_station(8), ypbind(8), yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)

       Files: svc.conf(4)

       Networking: nis_intro(7), nis_manual_setup(7)

       Network Administration

																       nissetup(8)

nissetup(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      nissetup(1M)

NAME

       nissetup - initialize a NIS+ domain

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/nis/nissetup [-Y] [domain]

DESCRIPTION

       nissetup  is  a shell script that sets up a NIS+ domain to service clients that wish to store system administration information in a domain
       named domain. This domain should already exist prior to executing this command. See nismkdir(1) and nisinit(1M).

       A NIS+ domain consists of a  NIS+ directory and its subdirectories: org_dir and groups_dir. org_dir stores system  administration  informa-
       tion and  groups_dir stores information for group access control.

       nissetup  creates the subdirectories  org_dir and  groups_dir in  domain. Both subdirectories will be replicated on the same servers as the
       parent domain. After the subdirectories are created,  nissetup creates  the  default  tables  that  NIS+  serves.  These  are  auto_master,
       auto_home,  bootparams,	cred,  ethers, group, hosts, mail_aliases, netmasks, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services, and timezone. The
       nissetup script uses the nistbladm(1) command to create these tables. The script can be easily customized to add site specific tables  that
       are created at setup time.

       This command is normally executed just once per domain.

       While this command creates the default tables, it does not initialize them with data. This is accomplished with the  nisaddent(1M) command.

       It is easier to use the nisserver(1M) script to create subdirectories and the default tables.

OPTIONS

       -Y	Specify  that the domain will be served as both a NIS+ domain as well as an NIS domain using the backward compatibility flag. This
		will set up the domain to be less secure by making all the system tables readable by unauthenticated clients as well.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

       nis+(1), nismkdir(1), nistbladm(1), nisaddent(1M), nisinit(1M) nisserver(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from  NIS+  to  LDAP  are
       available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10							    13 Dec 2001 						      nissetup(1M)