NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NIS+
Overview of NIS+
Chapter 5206
NIS+ Tables
By default, an NIS+ domain that you set up with the standard scripts
contains the NIS+ tables listed in Table 5-1. Table 5-1 also gives the
configuration files and the NIS maps that are equivalent to the NIS+
tables.
Table 5-1 Standard NIS+ Tables
NIS+ Table Equivalent File
Equivalent NIS
maps
Purpose
auto_home /etc/auto_home auto.home
Location of users’
home directories.
auto_master /etc/auto_master auto.master
Mapping of
automounter mount
points to
automounter maps.
bootparams
none on HP-UX
bootparams
Not used on HP-UX.
Provided for Sun
interoperability.
cred /etc/publickey publickey.byname
Secure RPC keys and
netnames for
authenticating users
and hosts.
ethers
none on HP-UX
ethers.byname
ethers.byaddr
Not used on HP-UX.
Provided for Sun
interoperability.
group /etc/group group.bygid
group.byname
List of HP-UX
groups, their group
IDs and members.
hosts /etc/hosts hosts.byaddr
hosts.byname
Mapping of host
names to internet
addresses.
mail_aliases /etc/mail/aliases mail.aliases
mail.byaddr
sendmail aliases and
their corresponding
mailing lists.