Preparing Files-Based Naming for FNS

Files-based naming refers to name services that obtain their data from /etc files rather than NIS+ or NIS.

If you are going to install a /var/fn directory on each machine, as is normally the case, the steps below must be performed on each machine. If you decide to mount and export the /var/fn directory from one machine, the steps below need to be performed on the machine that exports /var/fn.

Make sure that the /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd files are complete and contain the names of all users and hosts.