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Managing NFS Server Log Files
NIS Server
File-Based Management for NIS Server
Table 2
Parameter
NIS_SERVER_CONTEXT
NIS_SERVER_NAME
INTERDOMAIN_RESOLUTION
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When NFS Server service is running it logs messages into a log file named
NFSSERV.LOG created by default in SYS:\ETC. This file records messages
that provide following information:
When and where the serivices are started and stopped
Clients where the exported volumes are mounted.
There is an NIS Server object in eDirectory called NISSERV_Servername.
This object is created during installation. Migration utility adds the domain
details to this object when a domain is migrated. NIS Server will service the
list of domains present in this object.
For information about NIS, see
NIS Server Configuration Parameters
The configuration parameters required for NIS Services is available in the file
NIS.CFG. The following table lists the parameters in NIS.CFG.
NIS Parameters
Default Value
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Description
The eDirectory context where the NIS server
object is created. It holds all the domain
FDNs, and the NIS server reads the domains
from here.
The name by which the NIS server will be
referenced. By default the NISINST utility will
create an object named
NISSERV_ServerName.
Specifies whether interdomain resolution is
allowed or not. If allowed, DNS is contacted
for hostname resolution even if NIS is not
running. This is used for host maps only.
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