JNDI/NIS Service Provider Release Notes
			Sept 30, 1998

This is the FCS 1.0 version of the JNDI NIS service provider.  Please
send your feedback on the NIS service provider to us at
jndi@java.sun.com, or to the public mailing list at
jndi-interest@java.sun.com.


CHANGES SINCE BETA

Here are the highlights of the changes to the NIS service provider
since the Beta release (June 30, 1998)

BUG FIXES:

- The userPassword attribute now has a "{crypt}" prefix and returned 
  as an octet string (byte[]) rather than a String (see RFC 2307).

- YP errors encountered during enumerations are passed up to caller.

- Support for "nis" URLs to initial context.

- Added attributes to maps themselves (the "nisMap" object).

- Filled out some missing objectclass attributes for some map entries.

- Removed '#' prefix from description attributes and trim their leading
  and trailing blanks.

- Searches using string filters will try to use index maps where possible.

- rpc.bynumber map incorrectly returned rpc number as name.

- services.byname map will return multiple protocols if map indicates thus.

- Throws ConfigurationException instead of IllegalArgumentException for
  bad URLs.


RELEASE INFORMATION

This release contains:

lib/nis.jar
	class files for the NIS service provider. 

lib/providerutil.jar
	utilities used by service providers developed by Sun.
	The NIS service provider uses some of the classes in this jar.
	This jar file is interchangeable with the providerutil.jar
	file that you may have downloaded with one of the other service 
	providers from Sun. You need the June 30th version of this jar
	when using the Beta1 version of the NIS provider.

doc/providers/NIS.txt 
	contains detailed descriptions of the provider.

This release works with the JNDI1.1 and higher release. Your classpath
must include the following when using the NIS service provider:

	lib/jndi.jar:lib/nis.jar:lib/providerutil.jar


The classes in this release have been generated using JDK1.1.5.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

examples/api (available as part of the general JNDI1.1.1 distribution)
	contains generic examples for accessing any naming and
	directory service, including NIS. See examples/api/README.

examples/browser (available as a separate download)
	contains a JNDI browser for browsing any naming and directory
	service, including NIS. See examples/browser/README-DEMO.txt.

The JNDI API and SPI specifications, javadoc, and a tutorial are
available at the Java Software Web site (http://java.sun.com/jndi/).