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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)
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Preface

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

Configuring NIS Task Map

Before You Begin Configuring NIS

NIS and the Service Management Facility

Planning Your NIS Domain

Identify Your NIS Servers and Clients

Preparing the Master Server

Source Files Directory

Passwd Files and Namespace Security

Preparing Source Files for Conversion to NIS Maps

How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion

Preparing the Makefile

Setting Up the Master Server With ypinit

How to set up the master server using ypinit

Master Supporting Multiple NIS Domains

Starting and Stopping NIS Service on the Master Server

Starting NIS Service Automatically

Starting and Stopping NIS From the Command Line

Setting Up NIS Slave Servers

Preparing a Slave Server

Setting Up a Slave Server

How to Set Up a Slave Server

How to Start NIS on a Slave Server

Setting Up NIS Clients

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 5

Setting Up and Configuring NIS Service

This chapter describes initial set up and configuration of the Network Information Service (NIS).


Note - In some contexts, machine names are referred to as host names or machine names. This discussion uses “machine,” but some screen messages or NIS map names might use host or machine.


This chapter covers the following topics.