HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

nisserver(1M) nisserver(1M)

EXAMPLES

To set up a root master server for domain hp.com. :

root_server# /usr/lib/nis/nisserver -r -d hp.com.

For the following examples make sure that the new servers are NIS+ clients and

rpc.nisd is running

on these hosts before executing

nisserver.

To set up a replica server for domain hp.com. on host hpreplica :

root_server# /usr/lib/nis/nisserver -R -d hp.com. -h hpreplica

To set up a non-root master server for domain xyz.hp.com. on host hpxyz with the NIS+ groupname as

admin-mgr.xyz.hp.com. :

root_server# /usr/lib/nis/nisserver -M -d xyz.hp.com. \

-h hpxyz -g admin-mgr.xyz.hp.com.

To set up a non-root replica server for domain xyz.hp.com. on host hpabc:

hpxyz# /usr/lib/nis/nisserver -R -d xyz.hp.com. -h hpabc

WARNINGS

HP-UX 11i Version 2 is the last HP-UX release on which NIS+ is supported.

LDAP is the recommended replacement for NIS+. HP fully supports the industry standard naming ser-

vices based on LDAP.

AUTHOR

nisserver was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.