NIS client setup

[Terry Washington_1]

Does anyone know the command-line steps to setup an NIS client in HP-UX 11i?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

The initial steps are easy but the remaining steps depend upon what you want NIS to do. Manage usernames, groups, automount maps, services, hosts, ...

1) edit /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs
and set NIS_CLIENT=1
and NIS_DOMAIN="acme" (or whatever your domain is)

2) /sbin/init.d/nis.client start

Now you must alter /etc/passwd, /etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/groups, automount maps, ... depending upon your needs.

[Terry Washington_1]

Thanks for the reply. I think that I am very close. Here is what I have done so far.
1. Added the NIS master and slave servers to /etc/hosts.
2. Ran the domainname command.
3. Copied /etc/nsswitch.nis to /etc/nsswitch.conf
4. Edited /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs as suggested.
5. Ran /sbin/init.d/nis.client start.

The nis.client script started ypbind and keyserv but could not bind to the local domain. I also found that the system would no longer resolve hostnames and nsslookups failed. I stopped nis.client and was able to resolve hosts again. Is there somplace that I need to add the NIS servers or am I missing something else. I am planning on using only the password and group databases within NIS.

[Shannon Petry · Accepted solution]

If your system is not on the same subnet then you will have to force a ypbind address for the domain.

Set the YPBIND_OPTIONS="" in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file to YPBIND_OPTIONS="-ypset".

Then set the YPSET_ADDR="" in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file to YPSET_ADDR="ip.of.server".

Simple things like the broadcast being different will cause failures to bind, as the ypbind process uses the broadcast address to find a NIS server. The broadcast address is defined by the netmask in the IF configuration. /etc/rc.config.d/netconf will get you started. WARNING: You should make backup copies of these files in case you oops ;)

Regards,
Shannon

[Hai Nguyen_1]

Terry,

Below is the link to Configuring and Administering an NIS Client.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/B1031-90048_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/00/00/24-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/00/00/24-toc.html&searchterms=nis%7cclient&queryid=20030122-131235

Hope this helps.

Hai

[Terry Washington_1]

Thanks! That was the missing info that I needed.