Changing NIS+ root master server and domain

From: Jim Seymour (jseymour@LinxNet.com)
Date: Fri Oct 24 2003 - 17:36:44 EDT


Hi,

I tried Google'ing for this, but couldn't seem to come up with anything
that described how to go about what I want to do.

I'm replacing our venerable Sparc 1000e, running Solaris 2.5.1, with a
Sparc E250, running Solaris 8. In the process, I wish to change the
NIS+ domain to reflect a change in company ownership.

Will the following work?

Current NIS+ domain

    host.old.tld is NIS+ root master server for NIS+ domain old.tld.
    (The current NIS+ domain.)

New NIS+ domain

    host2.new.tld will be NIS+ root master server for new.tld.
        Host ultimately to be re-named to host.new.tld.

Execute "nisserver -r -d new.tld." on host2.new.tld to initialize new
NIS+ root master
    server

Dump tables on the existing root master server to files with
"nisaddent -d".

    Populate new NIS+ root master server from those files (after first
    reconciling any disagreements/clashes between them and the existing
    files [in /etc] on the new server, if any)

Replicate the entries in admin.groups_dir--making sure to also add
    host.new.tld, which the new host will be renamed-to.

Take down host.old.tld

Reconfigure host2.new.tld to host.new.tld. (At which time it'll
assume host.old.tld's IP address.)

Take clients out of old.tld. with "nisclient -r" and put them in
new.tld. with "nisclient -i".

Thanks,
Jim

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