You can find the vasyp.bff file in the client directory for your AIX operating system on the installation media.
To install and configure vasyp on AIX
- Ensure that the system ypserv and ypbind daemons are stopped by running the following commands as root:
# stopsrc -s ypbind # stopsrc -s ypserv
Also ensure that all entries dealing with ypserv and ypbind in /etc/rc.nfs are commented out.
Note: You do not need to do this if the machine is not configured as a NIS server.
- As root, mount the Safeguard Authentication Services installation CD and change to the aix directory.
- Use installp to install the package appropriate for your version of AIX, as follows:
# installp -ac -d vasyp_AIX_<platform>.<version>.bff all
- On AIX 7.1 (and later), create a ypservers file in /var/yp/binding/<NIS_DOMAIN>/ypservers which only contains the following line:
127.0.0.1
- Start vasyp with the following command:
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vasypd start
Note: Do not configure the NIS client using the standard AIX configuration instructions. Normally, you configure the system domain name and enable the NIS client in /etc/rc.nfs. For vasyp to work correctly on AIX, you must disable any NIS configuration in the /etc/rc.nfs file.
You can now use the NIS utilities like ypwhich and ypcat to query vasyp for NIS map data.