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Oracle Solaris Administration: Naming and Directory Services Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
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Oracle Solaris Administration: Naming and Directory Services Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
1. Naming and Directory Services (Overview)
2. Name Service Switch (Overview)
4. Setting Up Oracle Solaris Active Directory Clients (Tasks)
Part II NIS Setup and Administration
6. Setting Up and Configuring NIS (Tasks)
9. Introduction to LDAP Naming Services (Overview)
10. Planning Requirements for LDAP Naming Services (Tasks)
11. Setting Up Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition With LDAP Clients (Tasks)
12. Setting Up LDAP Clients (Tasks)
13. LDAP Troubleshooting (Reference)
14. LDAP Naming Service (Reference)
This chapter provides an overview of the Network Information Service (NIS).
NIS is a distributed naming service. It is a mechanism for identifying and locating network objects and resources. It provides a uniform storage and retrieval method for network-wide information in a transport-protocol and media-independent fashion.
This chapter covers the following topics:
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