Solaris Troubleshooting NIS: How to completely remove NIS from all machines
By following below steps we can NIS from client, Slave Server and Master Servers
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Read – Configure Master, Slave and Client Read – Removing a NIS slave server (or convert it to a NIS client) Read – Adding a NIS slave server to existing NIS master’s maps Read – How to completely remove NIS from all machines Read – Restricting...
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS: add a user for NIS maps when passwd file is not in the /etc directory
Below procedure can be used to add a new NIS user when the passwd file is not in the /etc directory Steps to Follow The example below demonstrates how to add a user for NIS maps when the passwd file is not in the /etc directory....
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Configure Master, Slave and Client
Below procedure gives the steps to configure NIS Master Server, Slave Server and Client services in both solaris 9 and Solaris 10 Configuring NIS Master Server You must login as root. 1. Define the NIS domainname. # domainname example-domain –> “example-domain” is the domain name. It...
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Removing a NIS slave server (or convert it to a NIS client)
Changing an NIS slave server to a client is a three-part process: 1. Edit the ypservers map on your NIS master, removing the defunct slave from the list of servers. 2. on the NIS slave, remove NIS configuration 3. Convert the NIS slave as NIS client...
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Adding a NIS slave server to existing NIS master’s maps
To add a slave server to an existing NIS domain do the following: 1. become root on master 2. cd /var/yp/`domainname` 3. /usr/etc/yp/makedbm -u ypservers > /tmp/tempfile 4. vi /tmp/tempfileAdd the new slave servers name on a new line twice in a row on the same...
NIS and Netgroups : Restricting logins on a machine using compat mode and netgroups
There’s no local files implementation of netgroups. Netgroups are used to group machines or users together in order to make certain sysadmin tasks easier. A standard netgroup triple reads as follows: (hostname, username, domainname)
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Disabling NIS so machine can boot when network is down
It is usual problem for server to hang in middle of the boot process, when they are configured for NIS and not able to connect to the server while booting. In this case, the first thing that needs to be done is to reconfig the system...
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS: How do you list NIS servers on a network?
To find out which systems on the local network are NIS servers, run the following command:
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Adding user to NIS, when passwd file is not in /etc
The NIS directory is /etc/nisdir, where all the NIS maps reside. Create a user in the /etc/passwd file.