nissetup(1M)          Maintenance Commands           nissetup(1M)



NAME
     nissetup - initialize a NIS+ domain

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lib/nis/nissetup [ -Y ] [ domain ]

DESCRIPTION
     nissetup is a shell script that sets up  a  NIS+  domain  to
     service  clients  that  wish  to store system administration
     information in a domain named  domain.  This  domain  should
     already  exist  prior  to executing this command (see nismk-
     dir(1) and nisinit(1M)).

     A NIS+ domain consists of a NIS+ directory and its subdirec-
     tories:   org_dir  and  groups_dir.   org_dir  stores system
     administration information and groups_dir stores information
     for group access control.

     nissetup creates the subdirectories org_dir  and  groups_dir
     in  domain.   Both  subdirectories will be replicated on the
     same servers as the parent domain.  After the subdirectories
     are  created,  nissetup creates the default tables that NIS+
     serves. These are auto_master, auto_home, bootparams,  cred,
     ethers,  group,  hosts,  mail_aliases,  netmasks,  networks,
     passwd,  protocols,  rpc,  services,  and   timezone.    The
     nissetup  script  uses  the  nistbladm(1)  command to create
     these tables.  The script can be easily  customized  to  add
     site specific tables that should be created at setup time.

     This command is normally executed just once per domain.

OPTIONS
     -Y    Specify that the domain will be served as both a  NIS+
          domain as well as an NIS domain using the backward com-
          patibility flag. This will set up the domain to be less
          secure  by  making  all  the  system tables readable by
          unauthenticated clients as well.

SEE ALSO
     nis+(1),    nismkdir(1),    nistbladm(1),     nisaddent(1M),
     nisinit(1M) nisserver(1M),

NOTES
     While this command creates the default tables, it  does  not
     initialize  them  with  data.  This is accomplished with the
     nisaddent(1M) command.

     It is easier to use the nisserver(1M) script to create  sub-
     directories and the default tables.


SunOS 5.4           Last change: 22 Feb 1993