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nispopulate(1M) nispopulate(1M)

-h NIS_server_host speciﬁes the NIS server hostname from where the NIS maps are copied. This is only

used with the -Y option. This host must already exist in either the NIS+ hosts

table or /etc/hosts ﬁle. If the hostname is not deﬁned, the script will prompt you

for its IP address, or you can use the -a option to specify the address manually.

-l network_passwd speciﬁes the network password for populating the NIS+ credential table. This is only

used when you are populating the hosts and passwd tables. The default passwd is

nisplus.

-n does not overwrite local NIS maps in /var/yp/NISdomain directory if they already

exist. The default is to overwrite the existing NIS maps in the local

/var/yp/NISdomain directory. This is only used with the -Y option.

-p directory_path speciﬁes the directory where the ﬁles are stored. This is only used with the -F

option. The default is the current working directory.

-S 0|2 speciﬁes the authentication level for the NIS+ clients. Level 0 is for unauthenticated

clients and no credentials will be created for users and hosts in the speciﬁed domain.

Level 2 is for authenticated (DES) clients and DES credentials will be created for

users and hosts in the speciﬁed domain. The default is to set up with level

2 authenti-

cation (

DES). There is no need to run

nispopulate with -C for level 0 authentica-

tion.

-u updates the NIS+ tables (ie., adds, deletes, modiﬁes) from either ﬁles or NIS maps.

This option should be used to bring an NIS+ table up to date when there are only a

small number of changes. The default is to add to the NIS+ tables without deleting

any existing entries. Also, see the

-n option for updating NIS+ tables from existing

maps in the /var/yp directory.

-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.

-Y populate the NIS+ tables from NIS maps.

-y NIS_domain speciﬁes the NIS domain to copy the NIS maps from. This is only used with the

-Y

option. The default domainname is the same as the local domainname.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

TMPDIR

nispopulate normally creates temporary ﬁles in the directory /tmp. You may specify another direc-

tory by setting the environment variable TMPDIR to your chosen directory. If TMPDIR is not a valid direc-

tory, then

nispopulate will use /tmp.

EXAMPLES

To populate all the NIS+ standard tables in the domain xyz.hp.com. from NIS maps of the yp.hp.com

domain as input source where host yp_host is a YP server of yp.hp.com:

/usr/lib/nis/nispopulate -Y -y yp.hp.com -h yp_host -d xyz.hp.com.

To update all of the NIS+ standard tables from the same NIS domain and hosts shown above:

/usr/lib/nis/nispopulate -Y -u -y yp.hp.com \

-h yp_host -d xyz.hp.com.

To populate the hosts table in domain xyz.hp.com. from the hosts ﬁle in the /var/nis/files

direc-

tory using "somepasswd" as the network password for key encryption:

/usr/lib/nis/nispopulate -F -p /var/nis/files -l somepasswd hosts

To populate the passwd table in domain xyz.hp.com. from the passwd ﬁle in the /var/nis/files direc-

tory without automatically creating the NIS+ credentials:

/usr/lib/nis/nispopulate -F -p /var/nis/files -d xys.hp.com. \

-S 0 passwd

To populate the credential table in domain xyz.hp.com. for all users deﬁned in the passwd table.

/usr/lib/nis/nispopulate -C -d xys.hp.com. passwd

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