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Configuring UNIX clients to use Server for NIS as the master server

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

Configuring UNIX clients to use Server for NIS as the master server

For each UNIX client computer on which you want to use Server for NIS as the master server, do the following:

  1. If the domain name has changed, run the following command:

    domainName newdomain

  2. Stop ypbind by running the following command:

    kill –9 ypbindpid

  3. Restart ypbind by running the following command:

    ypbind

  • Network Information Service (NIS) subordinate (also known as slave) servers require that the NIS master server name in the local /etc/hosts file match the master server name in the NIS maps exactly, including the case of the letters of these names. Make sure the case of the host name in /etc/hosts matches exactly the master server name as returned by the Server for NIS. Server for NIS typically returns the host computer name in all uppercase.