nisprefadm — NIS+ Command to Set Server Preferences for NIS+ Clients

Synopsis

/usr/bin/nisprefadm -a {-L | -G} [-o opt-string][-d domain][-C client]
  server...
/usr/bin/nisprefadm -m {-L | -G} [-o opt-string][-d domain][-C client]
  oldserver=newserver...
/usr/bin/nisprefadm -r {-L | -G} [-o opt-string][-d domain][-C client]
  server...
/usr/bin/nisprefadm -u {-L | -G} [-o opt-string][-d domain][-C client]
  server...
/usr/bin/nisprefadm -x  {-L | -G}  [-d domain][-C client]
/usr/bin/nisprefadm -l  {-L | -G}  [-d domain][-C client]
/usr/bin/nisprefadm -F

Description

Use the nisprefadm command to define which servers are to be preferred by NIS+ clients. This information is used by nis_cachemgr(1M) to control the order in which it selects a server to use ...

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