NIS

[Tim Jaster]

We are doing a fresh install of 11.0 on the NIS master server. We do have a slave server that will stay up during the install. Once the install is completed, can we dump the maps and ascii files from tape to the server with 11.0 installed on it and have a working NIS master server? Are there other issues we need to consider?

[Shannon Petry · Accepted solution]

Yes and no.

Instead of tape, it is worthwhile to just create a little tarball.
You will need "/var/yp/*"
Also, /etc/hosts, /etc/networks, /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/services, /etc/ethers, /etc/netgroup, and any other system file that you are pushing!
After the new install, extract the tarball.
In the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file you will need to set NIS_MASTER_SERVER=1
set the NIS_DOMAIN="yourdomain"
If this machine is also a client, then
set NIS_CLIENT=1
then
>/sbin/init.d/nis.server start
>/sbin/init.d/nis.client start

You will need to manually check the services file against the default to make sure you dont loose any entries going from an 11.0 services file to 10.20.

Regards,
Shannon