HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

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nisfiles(4) nisfiles(4)
deleted.
Currently, NIS+ does not automatically do checkpointing. The system administrator may want
to do
nisping-C (see nisping (1M)) operations periodically (such as, once a day) to checkpoint
the log file. This can be done either through a cron (1M) job, or manually.
hostname
/root_dir
On root servers, this file stores the database associated with the root directory. It is similar to
other table databases. The corresponding log file is called
root_dir.log.
hostname
/cred.org_dir
This table contains the credentials of principals in this NIS+ domain.
hostname
/groups_dir
This table contains the group authorization objects needed by NIS+ to authorize group access.
hostname
/serving_list
This file contains a list of all NIS+ directories that are being served by the NIS+ server on this
server. When this server is added or deleted from any NIS+ directory object, this file is
updated by the server.
WARNINGS
HP-UX 11i Version 2 is the last HP-UX release on which NIS+ is supported.
LDAP is the recommended replacement for NIS+. HP fully supports the industry standard naming ser-
vices based on LDAP.
AUTHOR
nisfiles was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO
cp(1), crontab(1), mv(1), rm(1), nis+(1), niscat(1), nismatch(1), nistbladm(1), nisclient(1M), nisinit(1M),
nislog(1M), nisping(1M), nis_db(3N), nis_objects(3N).
Section 4−−216 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003