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

Modifying the list of NIS servers

Modifying the list of NIS servers

At times you may need to add or remove a slave or copy-only server from NIS service.

For example, if you need to remove from the network a machine that was an NIS server, you must remove the machine from NIS service before removing it from the network.

If the machine removed was a slave server, you would probably want to add a slave server to replace it.

Circumstances may also require removing from the network the machine serving as the NIS master server. In this case, you would need to change the NIS master server.

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