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-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 unauthenti-
cated 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 authentication (
DES). There is no need to run
nispopulate with -C for
level
0 authentication.
-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
directory, 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
directory 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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