The nisserver shell script can be used to set up a root master, non-root master, and replica NIS+ server with level 2 security (DES). If other authentication mechanisms are configured with nisauthconf(1M), nisserver will set up a NIS+ server using those mechanisms. nisauthconf(1M) should be used before nisserver.

When setting up a new domain, this script creates the NIS+ directories (including groups_dir and org_dir) and system table objects for the domain specified. It does not populate the tables. nispopulate(1M) must be used to populate the tables.

-d NIS+_domain

Specifies the name for the NIS+ domain. The default is your local domain.

-f

Forces the NIS+ server setup without prompting for confirmation.

-g NIS+_groupname

Specifies the NIS+ group name for the new domain. This option is not valid with -R option. The default group is admin.<domain>.

-h NIS+_server_host

Specifies the hostname for the NIS+ server. It must be a valid host in the local domain. Use a fully qualified hostname (for example, hostx.xyz.sun.com.) to specify a host outside of your local domain. This option is only used for setting up non-root master or replica servers. The default for non-root master server setup is to use the same list of servers as the parent domain. The default for replica server setup is the local hostname.

-l network_password

Specifies the network password with which to create the credentials for the root master server. This option is only used for master root server setup (-r option). If this option is not specified, the script prompts you for the login password.

-M

Sets up the specified host as a master server. Make sure that rpc.nisd(1M) is running on the new master server before this command is executed.

-R

Sets up the specified host as a replica server. Make sure that rpc.nisd is running on the new replica server.

-r

Sets up the server as a root master server. Use the -R option to set up a root replica server.

-v

Runs the script in verbose mode.

-x

Turns the echo mode on. The script just prints the commands that it would have executed. Note that the commands are not actually executed. The default is off.

-Y

Sets up a NIS+ server with NIS-compatibility mode. The default is to set up the server without NIS-compatibility mode.

Use the first synopsis of the command (-r) to set up a root master server. To run the command, you must be logged in as super-user on the server machine.

Use the second synopsis of the command (-M) to set up a non-root master server for the specified domain. To run the command, you must be logged in as a NIS+ principal on a NIS+ machine and have write permission to the parent directory of the domain that you are setting up. The new non-root master server machine must already be an NIS+ client (see nisclient(1M)) and have the rpc.nisd(1M) daemon running.

Use the third synopsis of the command (-R) to set up a replica server for both root and non-root domains. To run the command, you must be logged in as a NIS+ principal on a NIS+ machine and have write permission to the parent directory of the domain that you are replicating. The new non-root replica server machine must already be an NIS+ client and have the rpc.nisd daemon running.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

nis+(1), nisgrpadm(1), nismkdir(1), nisaddcred(1M), nisauthconf(1M), nisclient (1M), nisinit(1M), nispopulate(1M), nisprefadm(1M), nissetup(1M), rpc.nisd(1M), attributes(5)

NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.