NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NIS+
Overview of NIS+
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Disadvantages of NIS+
NIS+ has the following disadvantages:
• NIS+ is difficult to administer. It requires dedicated system
administrators trained in NIS+ administration. NIS+ administration
is very different from NIS administration.
• The NIS+ databases are not automatically backed up to flat files. The
system administrator must create and maintain a backup strategy
for NIS+ databases, which includes dumping them to flat files and
backing up the files.