Administering NIS maps

This section concerns the propagation of maps from the master to the slave and copy-only servers. This section does not cover the modification of the content of existing maps or the creation of new maps. For that information, see ``Creating NIS maps''.

Propagation of NIS maps depends on the following:

• Keeping the list of maps current by modifying the list when maps are added or deleted. This list is the /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE file.

• Modifying map attributes as necessary to ensure correct propagation.

• Manually propagating maps either by having a nonmaster retrieve maps from the master or by having the master distribute maps to slave servers.

See also:

• ``Modifying the map list''

• ``Modifying map attributes''

• ``Retrieving maps from the master server''

• ``Distributing maps to nonmaster servers''