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1. Solaris
Hi guys,
In my Sol-10 i setup NIS server following the oracle doc and setup a Linux as NIS client all went ok.
I added another Sol-10 and configure it as a NIS slave server following the oracle doc again. and added the server on the yp.conf on my NIS client
How do i test if my NIS slave... (3 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello - This could be a stupid question. But can we configure NIS with different flavors of UNIX. Like Master on AIX and slave on Solaris?
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Hi - Can anyone please answer this? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: manju--
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3. Solaris
Hi,
I'm learning for my Solaris 10 sys-admin part 2. I'm now trying to get nis working because for the exercise. I run in to a problem.
Setup:
Three Systems
solaris101 (client)
Nothing wrong here havent made any config changes yet.
solaris102 (master server)
Interfaces
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jld
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4. Solaris
Hi All,
I have a client already binded with a NIS master server. Now, I want to bind this particular client to one of NIS slave. How to do it?
Thanks,
Deepak (2 Replies)
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5. AIX
Hello Everybody,
I have a question regarding SLAVE NIS SERVER in aix.
We are using NIS master of Sun Solaris 9.0 which is on different subnet i.e. 10.197.93.0. And Our slave server is having AIX 5.3 installed which is on 10.207.13.0 subnet.
I have a query regarding its name and ip address... (0 Replies)
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6. SuSE
I am setting up the NIS slave server to automount the home directory just like its master server on suse linux (SLES 10).
Since the master will be the first to mount the /home on the client. I have not been able to mount the /home on the on the slave when the master NIS server is unavailable.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ibroxy
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7. Solaris
Hi, all.
I have a Solaris client here needs to bind to NIS server in another subnet. Following is the configuration i made on the client,
1) edit /etc/inet/hosts to add an entry of the NIS server -- nserver01
2) execute `domainname` to set local NIS domain to the domain of the NIS server.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sn_wukong
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Our NIS master server went down. We have since fixed it and brought it back up. However all of are machines still point to the slave server when looking at it with ypwhich. My question is how do i point the servers back to the master.
Frank (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
We have a RedHat 8.0 NIS master, with a RedHat 8.0 NIS Slave.
We also have a small number of SUSE 9.1 and SUSE 10 machines here for evaluation.
However, no matter what i do, the SUSE machines will not talk to the NIS Servers.
If i broadcast for NIS Servers for the specified NIS domain, it... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: fishsponge
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I just took over the admin role from someone and I wanna setup sendmail (just to send mail from the host) however, after I config all the resolv.conf, nssitch.conf, hosts file and when I try to send a mail out, after I punched ctl-D, it returned he following,
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ypmake(8) System Manager's Manual ypmake(8)
NAME
ypmake - rebuild Network Information Service (NIS) database using the make command
SYNOPSIS
cd /var/yp make [options] [map]
OPTIONS
The options argument can be used to override the default values of three special variables used by make: Instructs make to use the source
files in the specified directory. The default is /var/yp/src. Instructs make to construct a domain other than the master's default domain.
The DOM variable in the /var/yp/Makefile file must be set to the domain name before running make. If you run ypsetup, the DOM variable is
set when you specify a domain name. Specifies the database routines used to store NIS maps. The choices are: btree -- Recommended when
creating and maintaining very large maps. dbm/ndbm -- For backward compatibility. This is the default. hash -- A potentially quicker
method for managing small maps. When non-null inhibits updating of the new database files using the yppush(8) function. The default is the
null string.
To override the default values of these special variables, an options argument format of special_variable = value is used. See the EXAM-
PLES section for an example.
The map argument supplied on the command line instructs make to update only the specified map. The specified maps are those located at
/var/yp/{domain}, where {domain} is the NIS domain name. Some typical entries for the map argument are passwd, hosts, and networks. Typing
make passwd creates and updates the NIS password database, if it is out of date. The make command distributes the updated password database
to the slave servers using yppush(8). Therefore, typing make host or make networks creates and updates the host and network files,
/var/yp/src/hosts and /var/yp/src/networks, respectively, on the master and slave servers.
See ypfiles(4) and ypserv(8) for an overview of NIS.
DESCRIPTION
The make command uses the /var/yp/Makefile file to build an NIS database. With no arguments, make creates databases for any NIS maps that
are out-of-date, and then executes yppush(8) to notify slave servers that there has been a change.
Note
Execute the make command only at an NIS master server machine. If it is executed from either a slave server or an NIS client machine, the
created changes will only be overwritten when the next NIS master server machine update, using ypxfr(8), is performed.
RESTRICTIONS
You must use the same database format for each map in a domain. In addition, a server serving multiple NIS domains must use the same data-
base format for all domains.
Although a Tru64 UNIX NIS server that takes advantage of btree files will be able to store very large maps, NIS slave servers that lack
this feature might have a much smaller limit on the number of map entries they can handle. It may not be possible to distribute very large
maps from a Tru64 UNIX NIS master server to a slave server that lacks support for very large maps. NIS clients are not affected by these
enhancements.
EXAMPLES
This example causes make to create a password NIS map for the domain NewDomain instead of for the default domain: make DOM=NewDomain passwd
SEE ALSO
Commands: make(1), makedbm(8), yppush(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)
Files: ypfiles(4)
ypmake(8)
