NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NIS
Configuring and Administering an NIS Client
Chapter 4190
1. Log in to the NIS client as a superuser.
2. Issue the following command, to contruct a list of bind servers:
/usr/sbin/ypinit -c
The ypinit script will prompt you for the names of the servers the
client can bind to.
3. Issue the following command to copy the /etc/nsswitch.nis file to
the /etc/nsswitch.conf file:
cp /etc/nsswitch.nis /etc/nsswitch.conf
4. Issue the following commands to restart the NIS client:
/sbin/init.d/nis.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nis.client start