xvi Advanced System Administration for the Solaris™ 9 Operating Environment
Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services, Revision A
Configuring NIS Domain.............................................................. 16-17
Generating NIS Maps ........................................................... 16-17
Configuring the NIS Master Server.................................... 16-21
Testing the NIS Service ........................................................ 16-24
Configuring the NIS Client.................................................. 16-25
Configuring the NIS Slave Server....................................... 16-26
Updating the NIS Map ......................................................... 16-28
Updating the NIS Password Map....................................... 16-28
Updating the NIS Slave Server Map .................................. 16-29
Building Custom NIS Maps.......................................................... 16-33
Using the make Utility .......................................................... 16-33
Editing the NIS Makefile File ........................................... 16-34
Troubleshooting NIS ..................................................................... 16-39
Troubleshooting NIS Server Failure Messages................. 16-39
Troubleshooting NIS Client Failure Messages ................ 16-42
Performing the Exercises .............................................................. 16-44
Exercise: Configuring NIS (Level 1) ............................................ 16-45
Preparation............................................................................. 16-45
Tasks ....................................................................................... 16-46
Exercise: Configuring NIS (Level 2) ............................................ 16-47
Preparation............................................................................. 16-47
Task Summary....................................................................... 16-48
Tasks ....................................................................................... 16-49
Exercise: Configuring NIS (Level 3) ............................................ 16-57
Preparation............................................................................. 16-57
Task Summary....................................................................... 16-58
Tasks and Solutions ............................................................. 16-59
Exercise Summary.......................................................................... 16-70
Configuring the Custom JumpStart™ Procedure....................... 17-1
Objectives ......................................................................................... 17-1
Introducing the JumpStart Procedure........................................... 17-2
Purpose of the JumpStart Procedure.................................... 17-2
Boot Services............................................................................ 17-3
Identification Services ............................................................ 17-5
Configuration Services ........................................................... 17-7
Installation Services ............................................................... 17-9
Implementing a Basic JumpStart Server..................................... 17-11
Spooling the Operating System Image .............................. 17-11
Editing the sysidcfg File.................................................... 17-13
Editing the rules and Profile Files .................................... 17-15
Running the check Script .................................................... 17-17
Running the add_install_client Script........................ 17-18
Booting the JumpStart Client .............................................. 17-22