Table Population Summaries
Following are summaries of the steps required to populate NIS+ tables. They assume the simplest case, so be sure you are familiar with the more thorough task descriptions before you use this summary as a reference. For brevity, these summaries do not show the server's responses to each command.
Table 9-5 Transferring Files Into NIS+ Tables: Command Summary
Tasks | Commands |
|---|---|
Log in to an NIS+ client. | rootmaster% |
Create working copies of the files to be transferred. | % cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.xfr |
Add /usr/lib/nis to search path. | % PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/nis; export PATH |
Transfer each file, one at a time. | % nisaddent -m -f /etc/hosts.xfr hosts |
Remove old server credentials from publickey file. | % vi /etc/publickey.xfer |
Transfer it to the cred table. | % nisaddent -a -f /etc/publickey.xfr cred |
Transfer the automounter files. | % nisaddent -f auto.master.xfr -t auto_master.org_dir key-value % nisaddent -f auto.home.xfr -t auto_home.org_dir key-value |
Checkpoint the table directory. | % nisping -C org_dir |
Table 9-6 Transferring Maps Into NIS+ Tables: Command Summary
Tasks | Commands |
|---|---|
Log in to an NIS+ client. | rootmaster% |
Add /usr/lib/nis to search path. | % PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/nis; export PATH |
Transfer each map, one at a time. | % nisaddent -m -y olddoc hosts |
Dump publickey map to a file. | % makedbm -u /var/yp/olddoc/publickey.byname > /etc/publickey.xfr |
Remove new credentials. | % vi /etc/publickey.xfr |
Transfer the publickey file. | % nisaddent -a -f /etc/publickey.xfr -t cred.ortg_dir publickey |
Transfer the automounter maps. | % nisaddent -y olddoc -Y auto.master -t auto_master.org_dir key-value % nisaddent -y olddoc -Y auto.home -t auto_home.org_dir key-value |
Checkpoint the table directory. | % nisping -C org_dir |
Table 9-7 Transferring NIS+ Tables to NIS Maps: Command Summary
Tasks | Commands |
|---|---|
Log in to NIS+ server. | dualserver% |
Transfer NIS+ tables to files. | % /usr/lib/nis/nisaddent -d [-t table] tabletype > filename |
Transfer files to NIS maps. | % makedbm flags output-file NIS-dbm-file |
Table 9-8 Limiting Access to Passwd Column: Command Summary
Tasks | Commands |
|---|---|
Log into the domain's master server. | rootmaster# |
Check the table's existing rights. | # niscat -o passwd.org_dir |
Assign the table new rights. | # nischmod og=rmcd,nw= passwd.org_dir |
Assign the columns new rights | # nistbladm -u passwd=o+r, shadow=n+r passwd.org_dir |
Verify the new rights. | # niscat -o passwd.org_dir |