Disabling NIS+

[Clay Jordan]

I am setting a new machine and configuring it as a root master server (first time, first domain, etc.). When done, I would like to join a second machine as a client but this one is production; Although I've tested to the extent possible, I would like to be able to back out if there are problems. I am not concerned about risks to the new machine or the new nis+ domain, except to the extent they affect the production box.

Right now, the production box is trusted. I intend to untrust it, backup the password and groups files and remove the local entries that are duplicated in the NIS+ databases. I am hoping to back out if needed by stopping NIS, changing namesvrs and nsswitch.conf and rebooting, possibly re-trusting the system later if I abort the mission. Would this work or is there more to it I am not seeing ?