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NAME [Toc] [Back]
nisinit - NIS+ client and server initialization utility
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
nisinit -r
nisinit -p Y|D|N parent_domain host...
nisinit -c -H host | -B | -C coldstart
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
nisinit initializes a machine to be a NIS+ client or an NIS+ root
master server. It may be easier to use nisclient(1M) or nisserver(1M)
to accomplish this same task.
Options [Toc] [Back]
-r Initialize the machine to be a NIS+ root server. This option
creates the file /var/nis/root.object and initializes it to
contain information about this machine. It uses the sysinfo()
system call to retrieve the name of the default domain.
To initialize the machine as an NIS+ root server, it is advisable
to use the -r option of nisserver(1M), instead of using nisinit
-r.
-p Y | D | N parent_domain host ...
This option is used on a root server to initialize a
/var/nis/parent.object to make this domain a part of the
namespace above it. Only root servers can have parent objects.
A parent object describes the namespace ``above'' the NIS+ root.
If this is an isolated domain, this option should not be used.
The argument to this option tells the command what type of name
server is serving the domain above the NIS+ domain. When clients
attempt to resolve a name that is outside of the NIS+ namespace,
this object is returned with the error NIS_FOREIGNNS indicating
that a name space boundary has been reached. It is up to the
client to continue the name resolution process.
The parameter parent_domain is the name of the parent domain in a
syntax that is native to that type of domain. The list of host
names that follow the domain parameter are the names of hosts
that serve the parent domain. If there is more than one server
for a parent domain, the first host specified should be the
master server for that domain.
Y Specifies that the parent directory is a NIS version 2
domain.
D Specifies that the parent directory is a DNS domain.
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N Specifies that the parent directory is another NIS+ domain.
This option is useful for connecting a pre-existing NIS+
subtree into the global namespace.
Note that in the current implementation, the NIS+ clients do not
take advantage of the -p feature. Also, since the parent object
is currently not replicated on root replica servers, it is
recommended that this option not be used.
-c Initializes the machine to be a NIS+ client. There are three
initialization options available: initialize by coldstart,
initialize by hostname, and initialize by broadcast. The most
secure mechanism is to initialize from a trusted coldstart file.
The second option is to initialize using a hostname that you
specify as a trusted host. The third method is to initialize by
broadcast and it is the least secure method.
-C coldstart
Causes the file coldstart to be used as a prototype
coldstart file when initializing a NIS+ client. This
coldstart file can be copied from a machine that is already
a client of the NIS+ namespace. For maximum security, an
administrator can encrypt and encode (with uuencode(1)) the
coldstart file and mail it to an administrator bringing up a
new machine. The new administrator would then decode (with
uudecode()), decrypt, and then use this file with the
nisinit command to initialize the machine as an NIS+ client.
If the coldstart file is from another client in the same
domain, the nisinit command may be safely skipped and the
file copied into the /var/nis directory as
/var/nis/NIS_COLD_START.
-H hostname
Specifies that the host hostname should be contacted as a
trusted NIS+ server. The nisinit command will iterate over
each transport in the NETPATH environment variable and
attempt to contact rpcbind(1M) on that machine. This
hostname must be reachable from the client without the name
service running. For IP networks this means that there must
be an entry in /etc/hosts for this host when nisinit is
invoked.
-B Specifies that the nisinit command should use an IP
broadcast to locate a NIS+ server on the local subnet. Any
machine that is running the NIS+ service may answer. No
guarantees are made that the server that answers is a server
of the organization's namespace. If this option is used, it
is advisable to check with your system administrator that
the server and domain served are valid. The binding
information can be dumped to the standard output using the
nisshowcache(1M) command.
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Note that nisinit -c will just enable navigation of the NIS+ name
space from this client. To make NIS+ your name service, modify
the file /etc/nsswitch.conf to reflect that. See
nsswitch.conf(4) for more details.
RETURN VALUE [Toc] [Back]
nisinit returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.
EXAMPLES [Toc] [Back]
This example initializes the machine as an NIS+ client using the host
freddy as a trusted server.
nisinit -cH freddy
This example sets up a client using a trusted coldstart file.
nisinit -cC /tmp/colddata
This example sets up a client using an IP broadcast.
nisinit -cB
This example sets up a root server.
nisinit -r
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES [Toc] [Back]
Environment Variables
NETPATH This environment variable may be set to the transports
to try when contacting the NIS+ server (see
netconfig(4)). The client library will only attempt to
contact the server using connection oriented
transports.
FILES [Toc] [Back]
/var/nis/NIS_COLD_START
This file contains a list of servers, their
transport addresses, and their Secure RPC public
keys that serve the machine's default domain.
/var/nis/hostname/root.object
This file describes the root object of the NIS+
namespace. It is a standard XDR-encoded NIS+
directory object that can be modified by
authorized clients using the nis_modify()
interface.
/var/nis/hostname/parent.object
This file describes the namespace that is
logically above the NIS+ namespace. The most
common type of parent object is a DNS object.
This object contains contact information for a
server of that domain.
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/etc/hosts Internet host table.
WARNINGS [Toc] [Back]
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 services based on LDAP.
AUTHOR [Toc] [Back]
nisinit was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
nis+(1), uuencode(1), nisclient(1M), nisserver(1M), nisshowcache(1M),
hosts(4), netconfig(4), nisfiles(4).
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