Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide

Available Name Service Environments

Solstice AdminSuite can be used to manage information on the local system or across the network using a name service. The sources of information that can be managed by Solstice AdminSuite are described in Table 2-1.

Note -

When using AdminSuite with a name service, you can only modify information found in the local domain. AdminSuite does not support NIS+ or NIS subdomain modifications. If you wish to change entries in NIS or NIS+ in a subdomain, you must log in and run AdminSuite on a system within the subdomain.

Table 2-1 Available Name Service Environments


Name Service	Select This Name Service to Manage ...
NIS+	NIS+ table information. This requires sysadmin group (group 14) membership and the appropriate ownership or permissions on the NIS+ tables to be modified.
NIS	NIS map information. You must be a member of the sysadmin group. If the NIS master server is running the Solaris 1.x OS Release, you must have explicit permissions on the NIS master server to update the maps. This means an entry for your host name and user name must reside in root's `.rhosts` file on the NIS master server. This entry is not required if the NIS master server is running the Solaris 2.x OS Release and the Name Services Transition Kit 1.2 software and Solstice AdminSuite is installed.
None	The `/etc` files on the local system. You must be a member of the sysadmin group on the local system.

See "Setting Up User Permissions to Use Solstice AdminSuite" for information on using Solstice AdminSuite with or without a name service environment.