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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)     Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10
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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

6.  Administering NIS (Tasks)

Password Files and Namespace Security

Administering NIS Users

How to Add a New NIS User to an NIS Domain

Setting User Passwords

NIS Netgroups

Working With NIS Maps

Obtaining Map Information

Changing a Map's Master Server

How to Change a Map's Master Server

Modifying Configuration Files

How to Modify Configuration Files

Modifying and Using the Makefile

Working With the Makefile

Changing Makefile Macros/Variables

Modifying Makefile Entries

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

Maintaining Updated Maps

Propagating an NIS Map

Using cron for Map Transfers

Using Shell Scripts With cron and ypxfr

Directly Invoking ypxfr

Logging ypxfr Activity

Modifying Default Maps

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

Adding a Slave Server

How to Add a Slave Server

Using NIS With C2 Security

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

Turning Off NIS Services

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)

Part V Active Directory Naming Service

16.  Setting Up Oracle Solaris Active Directory Clients

Glossary

Index

Binding to a Specific NIS Server

Use the following steps to bind to an NIS server that you specify. For more information, see the ypinit(1M), ypstart(1M), and svcadm(1M) man pages.

  1. Add the hostname of the NIS server and its IP address to the /etc/hosts file.

  2. Run the domainname command to populate the /etc/defaultdomain file.

    # /usr/bin/domainname name-of-NIS-domain
  3. Prompt for the NIS server host name.

    # /usr/sbin/ypinit -c
    Server name: Type the NIS server hostname
  4. Restart the NIS services by performing one of the following steps.

    • For the services to persist across reboots, run the svcadm command:

      # svcadm enable -r svc:/network/nis/client
    • For the services to persist until reboot only, run the ypstop and ypstart commands:

      # /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstop
      # /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstart