Change the frequency of map updates to UNIX subordinate (slave) NIS servers

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

To change frequency of map updates to UNIX subordinate (slave) NIS servers

• Using the Windows interface

• Using a command line

Using the Windows interface

1. Open Identity Management for UNIX.

2. If necessary, connect to the computer you want to manage.

3. Click Server for NIS.

4. In the details pane, type the update interval you want, and then click Apply.

Note

To open Identity Management for UNIX, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Identity Management for UNIX, and then click Identity Management for UNIX.

Using a command line

• At a command prompt, type:

  nisadmin config pushint=[[days**:]hh:]mm [-s Server] [-u** User] [-p Password]

Argument	Description
[[days:]hh:]mm	Specifies the interval at which the service checks changes to Network Information Service (NIS) maps in Active Directory and propagates them to secondary NIS servers for all domains, in days, hours, and minutes. If hh is specified, hh must be in the range 0–23 and mm must be in the range 0–59.
Server	The master server for the domain.
User	The name of the user who has administrative privileges on the server to be started, if different from the current user.
Password	The password of the user who has administrative privileges on the server to be started, if different from the current user. If you type a user name but omit the password, you will be prompted for the password.

Note

•To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type: nisadmin /?

See Also

Concepts

Sending periodic map updates to subordinate (slave) NIS servers
nisadmin

Other Resources

Connect to a computer you want to manage