Networking Guide
Chapter 7, Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)

Adding an NIS server to the server list

Adding an NIS server to the server list

After you initialize NIS, follow this procedure to add servers to your NIS network at any time:

  1. Log into the master server in multiuser mode.

  2. Edit the ypservers map to add the name of the new server(s) and propagate it to other servers as described in ``Modifying existing maps''. The ASCII file for the ypservers map is located at /etc/yp/ypservers.

  3. Log into the new server in system maintenance mode. If the SCO NIS package is not yet installed, you must first install it using the Software Manager; refer to Chapter 4, ``Installing and managing software components'' in the SCO OpenServer Handbook for more information.

  4. Initialize NIS on the new server following the instructions in ``Enabling an NIS server''. When you bring the new server to multiuser mode, it automatically requests that all current maps be transferred to itself.