HOW TO CONFIGURE NIS DOMAIN?.. [MAC OS]

PACKAGES REQUIRED

1.) YPSERV= NIS SERVER
2.) MAKE
3.) YPBIND
4.) AUTH CONFIG (REQUIRED FOR THE CLIENT)
5.) BIND-UTILS


ON SERVER END

TO STE DOMAIN NAME

#domainname = abc.com
#domainname nisdomain name (TO CHECK DOMAIN NAME)
#vi /etc/sysconfig/network (TO SET DOMAIN NAME PERMANENT)
NISDOMAINNAME = abc.com

#vi /var/yp/securenets (TO DEFINE SECURE NETWORKS)

255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1
255.255.255.0 192.168.1.0

THEN RESTART PORT MAP AND NFS SERVICES

#vi /etc/yp.conf (TO CONFIGURE HOST NAME)
ypserve station100 -->> in line no. 13

NOTE:-- REMOVE #HASS IN YP.CONF FILE)

TO MAKE NIS SERVER AS MASTER OR SLAVE

# /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m (for master) or -s (for slave)

#service ypserv restart
#service password restart
#service ypbind restart


#ypwhich (to check current server name)
#ypcat passwd (to check doamin user)

ON CLIENT END
#authconfig-tui
#getent (to display NIS database and local database)