ONCplus B.11.31.15 Release Notes (5992-5685, September 2012)

NIS+ Obsolescence Notice
Network Information Service Plus (NIS+) is a distributed database system that enables the
maintenance of commonly used configuration information on a master server and propagates the
information to all the hosts in the network. Starting with HP-UX 11i v3, NIS+ is no longer supported.
Hewlett-Packard recommends that users migrate to LDAP.
NOTE: For information on how to migrate from NIS+ to LDAP, see the NIS+ to LDAP Migration
Guide. To locate this document, go to the HP-UX Security docs page at: www.hp.com/go/
hpux-security-docs. On this page, select HP-UX LDAP-UX Integration Software.
NIS Protocol Version 1 Obsolescence Notice
Starting with ONCplus version B.11.31.02, NIS protocol version 1 (NISv1) is no longer supported
on the NIS client. However, the NIS server, ypserv, will continue to support NISv1.
The NISv1 protocol obsolescence impacts an NIS client application that uses the NISv1 protocol
in the following scenarios:
• The NIS client uses the -V1 option of the ypwhich or the ypset command.
• An application directly communicates with the ypbind Remote Procedure Call (RPC) version
1.
• An application includes the ypv1_prot.h header file.
NOTE: Starting with ONCplus version B.11.31.02, the ypwhich or the ypset command
communicates with ypbind RPC version 3. However, to specify the ypbind RPC version to be
used, you must use the options provided with the ypwhich and ypset commands.
Related Information
For more information about ONCplus, see the following documents, available at:
HP-UX 11i v3 Networking Software.
• NFS Services Administrator’s Guide
• NIS Administrator’s Guide
• Managing NFS and KRPC Kernel Configurations in HP-UX 11i v3
• Introducing Network File Systems Version 4 on HP-UX 11i v3
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