Details
If the local site is not using the NIS naming service to distribute system and user configuration information, this service may be disabled. This service is disabled by default unless the NIS service has been configured on the system.
Solution
No action is necessary to disable NIS client daemons unless they have been specifically enabled by the administrator. If so, they may be disabled using the following command –
svcadm disable svc:/network/nis/client
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This control applies to the following type of system Unix.