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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)
DNS and the Service Management Facility
The rndc.conf Configuration File
Differences in the Control Channels
BIND 9 Commands, Files, Tools, and Options
BIND 9 Tools and Configuration Files
Comparison of BIND 8 and BIND 9 Commands and Files
Descriptions of Command and Option Changes
Summary of the named.conf Options
Part III NIS Setup and Administration
4. Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)
5. Setting Up and Configuring NIS Service
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
BIND 9 is upwards compatible with most BIND 8 features. However, there are still a number of caveats you should be aware of when upgrading an existing BIND 8 installation to use BIND 9. Be sure to read the entire Migration Notes document before installing and using BIND 9. The Migration Notes are available at /usr/share/doc/bind/migration.txt. Also, the BIND package names have changed to SUNWbind and SUNWbindr. The SUNWbindr package contains the DNS server manifest.
The following list presents a brief overview of the differences between BIND 8 and BIND 9. Details are available in the Migration Notes.
Configuration File Compatibility
Unimplemented options warning message
transfer-format option changes
Configuration file errors
Logging categories have changed
Notify message and refresh query changes
Multiple classes change
Zone File Compatibility
Stricter rules for TTLs in zone file
SOA serial number changes
Unbalanced quotes cause errors
Line breaks, syntax change
Use \$ instead of $$ in domain names
Interoperability Impact of New Protocol Features
EDNS0 new in BIND 9
Zone transfers default change
Unrestricted Character Set
No restrictions on character set
Security issue, improper naming
Server Administration Tools
The rndc program replaces ndc
nsupdate: changes in multiple updates
No Information Leakage Between Zones
Glue NS records handled differently
Umask Not Modified
Possible umask permissions issues