Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

CHAPTER 6Administering NIS (Tasks)This chapter describes how to administer NIS. The following topics are covered.■ “Password Files and Namespace Security” on page 93■ “Administering NIS Users” on page 94■ “Working With NIS Maps” on page 97■ “Updating and Modifying Existing Maps” on page 103■ “Adding a Slave Server” on page 108■ “Using NIS With C2 Security” on page 110■ “Changing a Machine’s NIS Domain” on page 110■ “Using NIS in Conjunction With DNS” on page 111■ “Turning Off NIS Services” on page 112Note – The NIS service is managed by the Service Management Facility. Administrativeactions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or restarting, can be performed byusing the svcadm command. See “NIS and the Service Management Facility” on page80 for more information about using SMF with NIS. For an overview of SMF, refer to“Managing Services (Overview)” in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.Also refer to thesvcadm(1M) and svcs(1) man pages for more details.NIS services can also be started and stopped by using the ypstart and ypstopcommands. See the ypstart(1M) and ypstop(1M) man pages for more information.Password Files and Namespace SecurityFor security reasons, follow these guidelines.■It is best to limit access to the NIS maps on the master server.93