Here are the steps to be able to use the current NIS and NFS infrastructure from an AIX server:
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
domain dev.example.com
nameserver 10.239.208.24
nameserver 10.251.140.96
search dev.example.com int.example.com prod.example.com
#
# TERM=vt220 smitty
/*
* Communications Applications and Services
* TCP/IP
* Further Configuration
* Name Resolution
* Hosts Table (/etc/hosts)
* Add a Host
* INTERNET ADDRESS (dotted decimal) [10.254.234.22]
* HOST NAME [neptune.dev.example.com]
* ALIAS(ES) (if any - separated by blank space) [neptune]
* COMMENT (if any - for the host entry) [NIS server for domain devex]
* NFS
* Network Information Service (NIS)
* Configure / Modify NIS
* Change NIS Domain Name of this Host
* Domain name of this host [devex]
* Configure this Host as a NIS Client
* NIS server - required if there are [neptune]
* Network File System (NFS)
* Configure NFS on This System
* Start Automounter
* PARAMETERS to be used for the automount daemon [-n]
*/
Launch the automountd at run-level #2:
# cat << EOF > /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/Sautomountd
#!/usr/bin/env ksh
#################################################################
# name: {K|S}automountd
# purpose: script that will start or stop the automountd service.
#################################################################
case "$1" in
start)
/usr/sbin/automount -n
;;
stop)
stopsrc -g autofs
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
EOF
# ln /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/Sautomountd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/Kautomountd
# chmod 754 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/?automountd
In the same time, modify the automountd service to add some arguments
that must be passed to the program. This is a necessary step to be able
to automount the correct remote path using our
customized
autofs server. Here is how to do so:
# chssys -s automountd -a "-DOSNAME=`uname -s` -DCPU=`uname -p` -DNATISA=`bootinfo -K` -DOSREL=`uname -v`.`uname -r`"
# stopsrc -g autofs
# /usr/sbin/automount -n
Very important
To resolve information correctly, it was needed to explicitly specify
the ordering of name resolution and hosts setting in /etc/netsvc.conf.
This file corresponds to /etc/nsswitch.conf under Solaris, GNU/Linux
or the BSDs for hosts name resolution. For example:
# cat << EOF >> /etc/netsvc.conf
hosts = local, nis, bind
EOF