Chapter 6. Setting Up NIS+ Servers and Clients

This chapter describes how to use the nisserver, nispopulate, and nisclient NIS+ scripts to set up a Solaris system as an NIS+ server and to set up NIS+ client systems. Using these scripts is the recommended way to set up NIS+. For complete information about using the NIS+ commands and administering NIS+, refer to Sun's Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide.

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All of the information in this chapter is new in this edition.

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