ONC+ Release Notes

ONC+ Release Notes
What’s New in This Version of NIS
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What’s New in This Version of NIS
NIS supports the following new features:
• Shadow Mode
Starting with this version, NIS supports shadow password mode. This enables NIS
subsystem to recognize a system in shadow mode and build, store and retrieve the
password information accordingly.
• DNS Forwarding Mode
The DNS Forwarding Mode enables the NIS server to contact DNS server to service
hosts/ipnodes requests. NIS can automatically fetch the information from DNS and this
operation is transparent to the user/application and can be achieved without any change
to the switch configuration.
• Multi-homed Node
NIS supports systems with more than one network address. This enables an NIS client to
obtain the closest address of the host when it looks for a specific host name.
• IPv6 Data Support
NIS retrieves the IP addresses corresponding to the host name and identifies the IPv6
address formats. IPv6 Data support is provided with ONC+, but NIS is not IPv6 enabled.
• Ipnodes Support
NIS provides support for ipnodes using the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
• Alternate Directory for passwd File
NIS now supports an alternate directory, that is user configurable, for password files
other than the default /etc/passwd directory.
Related Information
For more information about the ONC+, see the following documents, available at:
http://www.docs.hp.com
• NFS Services Administrator’s Guide (Part Number: B1031-90061)
• NIS Administrator’s Guide (Part Number: B6257-90049)