Modifying Nis Servers - Hitachi 3080 Network Administration Manual

• Delete - this option enables the Administrator to remove an existing NIS
server
• Switch to using LDAP - this option enables LDAP mode and displays the
LDAP configuration settings
• Disable NIS and LDAP - this option disables NIS and LDAP
CLI commands
The following commands are available:
• nis-ldap-mode - this command selects whether the server uses LDAP or
NIS servers to satisfy NIS queries
• nis-state - this command enables and disables the NIS client
• nis-show - this command displays the current NIS client settings
• nis-set - this command displays and sets the NIS client parameters
• nis-server - this command displays and sets the servers which are
available for the NIS client to contact

Modifying NIS servers

To change the current NIS configuration settings
Procedure
1. Navigate to Network Configuration > NIS/LDAP Configuration.
2. Click modify.
3. Modify the settings as described in the table below.
Field / Item Description
EVS Security This field displays the currently selected EVS security context. Changes to the
name services on this page apply only to the currently selected EVS security
Context
context.
If an EVS uses the Global Configuration, any change made to the global
configuration settings affects the EVS. If an EVS uses an individual security
context, changes made to the global configuration settings do not affect the
EVS.
To change the name services settings of an EVS using an individual security
context, you must select the EVS' individual security context, even if those
settings are the same as the settings used by the global security context.
Click change to select a different EVS security context or to select the global
configuration.
Domain Enter the name of the NIS domain for which the system is a client.
Rebind This field requires the frequency of the server's attempts to connect to its
configured NIS servers. The default value is 15 minutes.
Configuring name and directory services
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