1. Open Services for UNIX Administration.
2. If necessary, connect to the computer you want to manage.
3. In the console tree, click Server for NIS and view the list of Network Information Service (NIS) domains.
4. Select the domain you want to modify.
5. In the details pane, click NIS Servers, select the Windows server you want to make the new master server, and then click Promote.

Notes

• To open Services for UNIX Administration, click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows Services for UNIX, and then click Services for UNIX Administration.
• Only a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controller can be promoted to be the master server.
• When you change a subordinate (slave) server to a master server, the previous master server automatically changes to a subordinate server.

Do one of the following:

• To change a master server to a subordinate server, at a command prompt, type:

  nisadmin [server] mkslave –m newMaster –d domainName –u username –p password

• Or, to change a subordinate server to a master server, at a command prompt, type:

  nisadmin [server] mkmaster –d domainName –u username –p password

Argument	Description
server	The domain controller server that is hosting Active Directory. If not specified, the current server is used.
newMaster	The name of the new master server, required for the mkslave command.
domainName	The name of the domain for which the change is being made.
username	The name of the user who has administrator permissions on the server to be changed, if different from the current user.
password	The password for the user who has administrator permissions on the server to be changed. If the password is not supplied, you will be prompted for it.

Notes

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

  nisadmin /?

• Only a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controller can be promoted to be the master server.