nis.conf(4nis)

nis.conf -- NIS configuration file

Synopsis

/etc/inet/nis.conf

Description

The nis.conf file contains variable declarations that define the NIS configuration of a system. These variable are sourced in by the NIS startup scripts, /etc/rc2.d/S51domain and /etc/rc2.d/S80nis (linked to /etc/init.d/nis).

When configuring NIS, ypinit(1Mnis) creates the nis.conf file if it does not already exist. Is the file is removed, NIS is not started when the system is next rebooted.

The NIS configuration variables are:

domain: The name of the NIS domain.
isserver: Set to 1 if the system is to act as an NIS server (master or slave). Set to 0 if the system is to act as an NIS client.
ismaster: If isserver is set to 1, set ismaster to 1 if the system is to act as an NIS master server. Set to 0 if the system is to act as an NIS client or an NIS slave server.
startypbind: Set to 1 to start ypbind(1Mnis) on all NIS clients and servers. Set to 0 to prevent ypbind being started.
startypserv: Set to 1 to start ypserv(1Mnis) on all NIS servers. Must be set to 0 on NIS clients.
startyppass: Set to 1 to start yppasswdd(1Mnis) on the NIS master server. Must be set to 0 on NIS slave servers and NIS clients.

References

domainname(1Mnis), ypbind(1Mnis), ypserv(1Mnis), ypinit(1Mnis), yppasswdd(1Mnis)