nisinit — NIS+ Client and Server Initialization Command
Synopsis
/usr/sbin/nisinit -r /usr/sbin/nisinit -p Y | D | N parent-domain host... /usr/sbin/nisinit -c [-k key-domain] -H hostname | -B | -C coldstart
Description
You can use the nisinit command to initialize a machine to be an NIS+ client or an NIS+ root master server.
Note
It may be easier to use nisclient(1M) or nisserver(1M) to accomplish this same task.
Options
-r | Initialize the system to be an NIS+ root server. Create the file /var/nis/data/root.object and initialize it to contain information about this system. Use the sysinfo(2) system call to retrieve the name of the default domain. | |
To initialize the machine as an NIS+ root server, it is advisable to use the -r option of nisserver ... |
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