by We want to change the name of an nis+ root master server.
Since nis+ scatters the name throughout several nis+ tables,
it doesn't seem to be simply a matter of changing hostname.le0,
hosts, and renaming the /var/nis/<hostname> directory.
Rather than start over and reload all of the information,
we're wondering about turning a client into a root replica,
making the server a client (with the new name) of the replica,
then making the former server a server again by making it a
replica of the replica.
Is a root replica equivalent to a master? In yp days, a slave
wasn't equivalent; changes had to be made on the master and were
propagated to the slaves. Is that still the case with nis+?
Thanks,
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Ron Stanonik
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