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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
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)
Before You Begin Configuring NIS
NIS and the Service Management Facility
Identify Your NIS Servers and Clients
Passwd Files and Namespace Security
Preparing Source Files for Conversion to NIS Maps
How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion
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
How to Start NIS on a Slave Server
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
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.