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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
1. Naming and Directory Services (Overview)
2. The Name Service Switch (Overview)
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
Password Files and Namespace Security
How to Add a New NIS User to an NIS Domain
Changing a Map's Master Server
How to Change a Map's Master Server
How to Modify Configuration Files
Modifying and Using the Makefile
Changing Makefile Macros/Variables
How to Modify the Makefile to Use Specific Databases
How to Modify the Makefile to Delete Databases
Updating and Modifying Existing Maps
How to Update Maps Supplied With the Default Set
Using Shell Scripts With cron and ypxfr
Using makedbm to Modify a Non-Default Map
Creating New Maps from Text Files
Adding Entries to a File-Based Map
Creating Maps From Standard Input
Modifying Maps Made From Standard Input
Binding to a Specific NIS Server
Changing a Machine's NIS Domain
How to Change a Machine's NIS Domain Name
Using NIS in Conjunction With DNS
How to Configure Machine Name and Address Lookup Through NIS and DNS
Dealing with Mixed NIS Domains
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
This chapter describes how to administer NIS. The following topics are covered.
Note - The NIS service is managed by the Service Management Facility. Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or restarting, can be performed by using the svcadm command. See NIS and the Service Management Facility for more information about using SMF with NIS. For an overview of SMF, refer to Chapter 18, Managing Services (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration. Also refer to thesvcadm(1M) and svcs(1) man pages for more details.
NIS services can also be started and stopped by using the ypstart and ypstop commands. See the ypstart(1M) and ypstop(1M) man pages for more information.