To add a group to an NIS domain

1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the console tree, click the Users folder.
3. In the details pane, right-click the group you want to add to the NIS domain, and then click Properties.
4. Click the UNIX Attributes tab.
5. In the NIS Domain list, click the domain to which you want to add the group.
6. To save the changes and keep the dialog box open, click Apply. To save the changes and close the dialog box, click OK.

Notes

• To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
• There is no command-line method for this procedure.
• The name of the group must comply with UNIX group-naming conventions. It must contain only lowercase alphabetic and numeric characters, no more than eight characters, and at least one alphabetic character. It must not include either a colon (:) or a newline character.
• A group identifier (GID) is automatically assigned to the group. If your NIS domain has special requirements for GID values, you can change the assigned value.

Related Topics

Managing NIS groups

To change a group's ID (GID)

To add or remove members of a group

Edit passwd, group, and host map entries using Active Directory Users and Computers

To propagate changed maps now

Managing standard and nonstandard maps