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nisclient(1M) nisclient(1M)

Use the fourth synopsis (-r) to restore the network service environment to whatever you were using before

nisclient -i was executed. You must be logged in as super-user on the machine that is to be restored.

The restore will only work if the machine was initialized with nisclient -i because it uses the backup

ﬁles created by the -i option.

Reboot the machine after initializinga machine or restoring the network service.

Options

-a NIS+_server_addr Speciﬁes the IP address for the NIS+ server. This option is used only with the -i

option.

-c Adds DES credentials for NIS+ principals.

-d NIS+_domain Speciﬁes the NIS+ domain where the credential should be created when used in

conjuction with the -c option. It speciﬁes the name for the new NIS+ domain when

used in conjuction with the -i option. The default is your current domainname.

-h NIS+_server_host Speciﬁes the NIS+ server’s hostname. This option is used only with the -i option.

-i Initializes an NIS+ client machine.

-l network_password Speciﬁes the network password for the clients. This option is used only with the

-c

option. If this option is not speciﬁed, the script will prompt you for the network

password.

-o Overwrite existing credential entries. The default is not to overwrite. This is used

only with the -c option.

-r Restores the network service environment.

-S 0|2 Speciﬁes the authentication level for the NIS+ client. Level

0 is for unauthenti-

cated clients and level

2 is for authenticated (

DES) clients. The default is to set up

with level 2 authentication. This is used only with the

-i option. nisclient

always uses level 2 authentication (

DES) for both -c and -u options. There is no

need to run

nisclient with -u and -c for level 0 authentication.

-u Initializes an NIS+ user.

-v Runs the script in verbose mode.

-x turns the "echo" mode on. The script just prints the commands that it would have

executed. Note that the commands are not actually executed. The default is off.

EXAMPLES

To add the

DES credential for host hpws and user fred in the local domain:

/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -c hpws fred

To add the DES credential for host hpws and user fred in domain xyz.hp.com.:

/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -c -d xyz.hp.com. hpws fred

To initialize host hpws as an NIS+ client in domain xyz.hp.com. where nisplus_server is a server for the

domain xyz.hp.com.:

/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -i -h nisplus_server -d xyz.hp.com.

The script will prompt you for the IP address of nisplus_server if the server is not found in the

/etc/hosts ﬁle. The -d option is needed only if your current domain name is different from the new

domain name.

To initialize host hpws as an unauthenticated NIS+ client in domain xyz.hp.com. where nisplus_server is a

server for the domain xyz.hp.com.:

/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -i -S 0 -h nisplus_server -d xyz.hp.com. \

-a 129.140.44.1

To initialize user fred as an NIS+ principal, log in as user fred on an NIS+ client machine.

/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -u

FILES

/var/nis/NIS_COLD_START

This ﬁle contains a list of servers, their transport addresses, and their Secure

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