All About Administering NIS+ (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

by Rick Ramsey (Author), Sun Microsystems Press (Author)

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Product Description
NIS+ (Network Information Service Plus) is a new network information service that is part of SunSoft's Open Network Computing Plus (ONC+) suite of products. This is the authoritative guide to administering NIS+. The book explains the structure of NIS+--what it has to offer and how it is put together, and provides guidelines for setting up NIS+.

From the Back Cover
NIS+ (Network Information Service Plus™) is a new network information service that is part of SunSoft's Open Network Computing Plus (ONC+™) suite of products — which is installed on over 3.1 million nodes worldwide. NIS+ is available on Solaris™2.x — whether Intel™-or SPARC™- based, and is portable to other operating systems that support ONC RPC or ONC+ transport- independent RPC (TI-RPC™). This is THE authoritative guide to administering NIS+. Compares NIS+ to DNS and NIS; explains the structure of NIS+ — what it has to offer and how it is put together; provides guidelines for making a transition from NIS to NIS+ and for setting up NIS+ from scratch; presents step-by-step instructions for setting up the components of an NIS+ namespace, from the root domain to individual clients; describes the NIS+ commands (syntax and details) in terms of administration categories; and contains Pre-Setup Worksheets, a list of NIS+ Scripts Error Messages, and a discussion of the NIS+ API. For system and network administrators, and for MIS managers (who need to determine whether NIS+ offers what they need).

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition (July 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0133095762
• ISBN-13: 978-0133095760
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,489,564 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference for NIS+, if you have run NIS(yp) before., April 22, 1999

By	Troy ([e-mail]) "schuleta" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

The first half of the book is an very good resource in helping you to learn some of the in's and out's of NIS+. The only problem I have with the first half is the fact that it is slanted for use in an existing NIS network. The last half consists of step by step procedures in setting up NIS+ and administrative tips for NIS+. These would be great, except for the simple fact that some of the commands listed in the setup portion simply do not work. The book is up to date if you are running Solaris 2.3 thru 2.5, but not for 2.6 or Solaris 7. The book needs another revision.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only book about NIS+, May 14, 2000

By	Per Kistler (Zurich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

Any Solaris admin in a NIS+ environment needs this book. There is no other one, expect the Sun course material which old UNIX guys don't have. I could solve my NIS+ problems with this book and I count it as a member of my survival kit. It shows the transition from NIS to NIS+ as well as the administration of NIS+ with all it's awkard commands. NIS+ is a nightmare, but therefore one needs this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NIS+ Essential, October 13, 2001

By	Bob Clemmons (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I've never set up NIS+ before and the book was invaluable to me for setting up NIS+. Not only does it give the essential information, but it's approach plays to the impatient as well as those who want to understand everything that is going on. It gives both the quick setup approach and the more detailed approach so you can really understand what you are doing. I have not seen a book with this kind of approach before, so it was a bit confusing at first, but without hesitation I recommend this book for those who want to set up NIS+.