If you are using the NIS naming service, you will need the root password for the NIS master computer to make any changes. The NIS Authentication dialog is displayed when you select NIS as the naming service.

1. Enter the password for the NIS master.

2. Click OK.

The entries you have made will be saved and the NIS Authentication dialog will be dismissed.

Click Cancel if you don't know the password for the NIS master.

Note: Keep the following in mind if you are using Oracle Solaris Print Manager to update printer information in the NIS name service:

- If your network is set up with NIS master and slave servers, the NIS slaves may not see the updated printer information until the NIS slaves are updated. See ypmake(1M) for more information.

- If your NIS servers are running Oracle Solaris 2.5 and compatible versions, you must have explicit permissions on the NIS master server to update the maps. This means an entry for your system name must reside in root's .rhosts file on the NIS master server.

- If you have modified the yp makefile to use something other than /etc/printers.conf as the source for the NIS map, printers.conf.byname, do not use Oracle Solaris Print Manager to modify NIS.

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