Local Name Service

The local name service provides a local database that associates the names of hosts with their host addresses. This name service is only available to programs running on the Netra server.

For the local name service, the Netra server is both client and server. As a local name server, your Netra server contains a list of host-name-to-host-address mappings for its own use. These mappings are available only to applications running on the Netra server. Information entered in the local database is automatically available to programs running locally.

If the Netra server is configured as a NIS master, the Local Host information is pushed to the hosts NIS map.

To Configure Local Name Services

1. From the Main Administration page, under "Network Service Administration," click Name Service, then click Local Name Service.

   The Local Name Server Administration page is displayed.

2. Complete the form using the information in the following table.

   Table 3-5 Local Name Server Administration

   Host Information	Description
   Host Addresses/ Host Names/ Aliases	The host addresses and corresponding host names and aliases. The host names can be partially or fully qualified to be compatible with other name services. However, this database resolves only host names that have an exact match in the database. Maximum 2000 records.