Whitepaper on NIS Features on HPUX 11i v3

NOTES:
1. The -D option and the passwd arguments are
mutually exclusive
2. A shadow file found in the same directory as the passwd
will be assumed to contain the password information
arguments after -m are passed to make(1) after password changes
-nopw passwords may not be changed remotely using passwd
-nogecos full name may not be changed remotely using passwd or chfn
-nohome home information may not be changed remotely using passwd
-noshell shell may not be changed remotely using passwd or chsh
Comparative Study of Features
HP-UX Solaris 9 AIX 5.3 Linux
DNS Forwarding
mode through
INTERDOMAIN
YES YES YES YES
DNS Forwarding
mode through -d
option in ypserv.
YES YES NO No Information
Shadow Password
Support
YES YES YES YES
Ipv6 Data Support YES YES YES YES
Multihomed Host
Support
YES YES NO No Information
Alternate
Directory for
passwd file
YES YES NO YES
Glossary
NIS: Network Information Service, formerly known as Yellow Pages (YP)
DNS: Domain Name Service
IPv4: Internet Protocol version 4.
IPv6: Internet Protocol version 6.
NSS: Name Service Switch.
ONC 1.2: Open Network Computing Version 1.2.
ONC 2.3: Open Network Computing Version 2.3.
HPUX 11i v3: HPUX 11i version 3.
Appendix: Related Information
1. System Release Notes