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Table 5-10 alphabetically lists the NIS+ commands, shows the NIS equivalent command (if appropriate) and where the command can be used, and describes how the command is used. See the appropriate manual pages for more information about these commands.

Table 5-10 NIS and NIS+ Commands
NIS+ Command NIS Command Used For Description
nisaddcred*N/A Authentication Maintain credentials for NIS+ principals and store them in the Cred table.
nisaddent N/A Tables Put information from ASCII files or NIS maps into NIS+ tables.
nisbackup N/A Back up NIS+ master
server 		Back up NIS+ master server running Solaris 2.5 release or later.
nis_cachemgr N/A NIS+ directories Start the NIS+ cache manager on an NIS+ client.
niscat*ypcat Tables Display the format or the content of NIS+ tables and directory objects.
nischgrp N/A Objects Change the NIS+ group owner of an NIS+ object.
nischmod N/A Objects Change the access rights that an NIS+ object grants. Access can be changed for four categories of NIS+ principal: Nobody, Owner, Group, and World.
nischown N/A Objects Change the owner of an NIS+ object.
nischttl N/A Objects Change the time-to-live value for an NIS+ object.
nisdefaults N/A Objects Show the default values for an NIS+ principal: domain name, group name, system name, NIS+ principal name, access rights, directory search path, and time to live.
nisgrep*ypmatch Tables Search for entries in an NIS+ table.
nisgrpadm N/A Administration Use to display information for, create, or destroy an NIS+ group; also use to add, remove, or test for members of existing groups.
nisinit ypinit Administration Initialize an NIS+ client or server.
nisln N/A Objects Create a symbolic link between two NIS+ objects.
nisls. N/A NIS+ directories List the contents of an NIS+ directory.
nismatch*ypmatch Tables Search for entries in an NIS+ table.
nismkdir N/A NIS+ directories Create an NIS+ directory and specify its master and replica servers.
nispasswd*yppasswd Authentication Change NIS+ password information.
nisping*yppush yppoll NIS+ directories Update or checkpoint updates to domain replicas.
nisrestore N/A Restore NIS+ master
server 		Restore NIS+ master server running Solaris 2.5 release or later.
nisrm N/A Objects Remove NIS+ objects from the namespace.
nisrmdir N/A NIS+ directories Remove NIS+ directories from the namespace.
nissetup N/A Domains Create org_dir and groups_dir directories and a complete set of standard, unpopulated NIS+ tables for an NIS+ domain.
nisshowcache N/A Administration List the contents of the NIS+ shared cache that the NIS+ cache manager maintains.
nistbladm*N/A Tables Create or delete NIS+ tables and modify or delete entries in an existing NIS+ table.
nisupdkeys N/A Directories Update the public keys stored in an NIS+ directory object.
*An asterisk means that the NIS+ command is one that you are likely to use frequently.


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