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Updated: October 2017

Working With Oracle^® Solaris 11.3 Directory and Naming Services: DNS and NIS

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Using This Documentation

Chapter 1 About Naming and Directory Services

Chapter 2 About the Name Service Switch

Chapter 3 Managing DNS Server and Client Services

Chapter 4 Setting Up Oracle Solaris Active Directory Clients

Chapter 5 About the Network Information Service

Chapter 6 Setting Up and Configuring Network Information Service

Configuring NIS

NIS and the Service Management Facility

Planning Your NIS Domain

Identify Your NIS Servers and Clients

Preparing the Master Server

Preparing the Master Server (Task Map)

Source Files Directory

passwd Files and Namespace Security

How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion

Preparing /var/yp/Makefile

How to Install the NIS Master Server Package

How to Set Up the Master Server

How to Support Multiple NIS Domains on One Master Server

Starting and Stopping NIS Services on an NIS Server

Starting and Stopping NIS Services on an NIS Server (Task Map)

Starting the NIS Service Automatically

How to Enable the NIS Server Services Manually

How to Disable the NIS Server Services

How to Refresh the NIS Server Service

Setting Up NIS Slave Servers

Setting Up NIS Slave Servers (Task Map)

Preparing a Slave Server

How to Set Up a Slave Server

How to Start NIS on a Slave Server

How to Add a New Slave Server

Administering NIS Clients

Administering NIS Clients (Task Map)

How to Configure an NIS Client in Broadcast Mode

How to Configure an NIS Client Using Specific NIS Servers

Disabling the NIS Client Services

Chapter 7 Administering Network Information Service

Chapter 8 Troubleshooting Network Information System

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Administering NIS Clients (Task Map)

The following table lists the tasks for administering NIS clients.

Task	Description	For Instructions
Configure an NIS client in broadcast mode.	Configures the NIS clients by searching for the an NIS server that exists on the local subnet.	How to Configure an NIS Client in Broadcast Mode
Configure an NIS client using specific NIS servers.	Configures an NIS client using specific NIS master and slave servers.	How to Configure an NIS Client Using Specific NIS Servers
Disable the NIS client service.	Uses the `svcadm` command to disable the NIS client service.	Disabling the NIS Client Services

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