Friday, June 20, 2008

How to create NIS user account?

How to create NIS user account?

1.Create the local user account on NIS server for ex,

# useradd -u 606 -c rengarajang -md /export/home/rengs -s /bin/bash rengs

set password for this account

#passwd rengs

New Password:*********
Re-enter new Password:*********
passwd: password successfully changed for rengs
Goto /var/yp directory and run make command this will update the nis passwd file

# cd /var/yp
#
/usr/ccs/bin/make
updated netid
pushed netid
Now you can login from NIS client

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