JavaScript is required to for searching.
Skip Navigation Links
Exit Print View
System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)
search filter icon
search icon

Document Information

Preface

Part I About Naming and Directory Services

1.  Naming and Directory Services (Overview)

2.  The Name Service Switch (Overview)

About the Name Service Switch

Format of the nsswitch.conf File

Search Criteria

Switch Status Messages

Switch Action Options

Default Search Criteria

What if the Syntax is Wrong?

Auto_home and Auto_master

Timezone and the Switch File

Comments in nsswitch.conf Files

Keyserver and publickey Entry in the Switch File

The nsswitch.conf Template Files

The Default Switch Template Files

The nsswitch.conf File

Selecting a Different Configuration File

How to Modify the Name Service Switch

DNS and Internet Access

IPv6 and Solaris Naming Services

Ensuring Compatibility With +/- Syntax

The Switch File and Password Information

Part II DNS Setup and Administration

3.  DNS Setup and Administration (Reference)

Part III NIS Setup and Administration

4.  Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)

5.  Setting Up and Configuring NIS Service

6.  Administering NIS (Tasks)

7.  NIS Troubleshooting

Part IV LDAP Naming Services Setup and Administration

8.  Introduction to LDAP Naming Services (Overview/Reference)

9.  LDAP Basic Components and Concepts (Overview)

10.  Planning Requirements for LDAP Naming Services (Tasks)

11.  Setting Up Sun Java System Directory Server With LDAP Clients (Tasks)

12.  Setting Up LDAP Clients (Tasks)

13.  LDAP Troubleshooting (Reference)

14.  LDAP General Reference (Reference)

15.  Transitioning From NIS to LDAP (Overview/Tasks)

16.  Transitioning From NIS+ to LDAP

A.  Solaris 10 Software Updates to DNS, NIS, and LDAP

Service Management Facility Changes

DNS BIND

pam_ldap Changes

Documentation Errors

Glossary

Index

Chapter 2

The Name Service Switch (Overview)

This chapter describes the name service switch. You use the name service switch to coordinate usage of different naming services.