fnsypd — Update FNS Context on an NIS Master Server

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/fnsypd

Description

The fnsypd daemon is a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service that accepts requests from NIS clients to update and modify Federated Naming Service (FNS) contexts. This daemon runs on an NIS master server with FNS on top of it. The fnsypd daemon requires the Secure Key Infrastructure (SKI) mechanism for authentication. The SKI mechanism is part of the SUNWski package. If SUNWski is not installed, authentication cannot be performed and users receive "permission denied" error messages. The SUNWski manual pages are located at /opt/SUNWski/man.

fnsypd enables users and hosts to modify only their respective FNS contexts. Organization, site, hostname, and username ...

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