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Managing RIS Clients and Environments
Use the ris utility to manage RIS environments and clients. This chapter
includes the following topics:
• Preparing to register RIS clients (Section 6.1)
• Adding a client with the ris utility (Section 6.2)
• Adding a client from the command line (Section 6.3)
• Modifying a client (Section 6.4)
• Removing a client (Section 6.5)
• Listing registered clients (Section 6.6)
• Listing software products in RIS areas (Section 6.7)
• Deleting software products from RIS areas (Section 6.8)
• Correcting entries in the RIS gateways file (Section 6.9)
6.1 Preregistration Tasks
Before you register RIS clients, gather the information required for each
one. The RIS Client Configuration Worksheet in Appendix A will help you
organize your information as you register clients. Fill out a worksheet for
each client you want to register.
Perform the following tasks to prepare to register clients:
1. Obtain information about each client and fill out a copy of the RIS Client
Configuration Worksheet from Appendix A. (Section 6.1.1)
2. Register each client’s host name and Internet Protocol (IP) address in
the RIS server’s /etc/hosts file and on your local area network with
any name servers for Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Service
and Network Information Service (NIS). (Section 6.1.2)
6.1.1 Obtaining Information About Each Client
You need the following information about each processor you plan to register
as a client:
• Host name (see Section 6.2 for host name restrictions)
• The RIS environments you want to make available to the client
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