Available Name Service Environments
The Solstice AutoClient software 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 the Solstice AutoClient software are described in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1 Available Name Service Environments|
Name Service |
Select This Name Service To Manage ... |
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NIS+ table information. This requires sysadmin group (group 14) membership and the appropriate ownership or permissions on the NIS+ tables to be modified. |
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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. |
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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 the Solstice AutoClient Software" for information on using the Solstice AutoClient software with or without a name service environment.
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