System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

Preface

Solaris Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS and LDAP) describes the set up, configuration, and administration of the Solaris 9 operating environment naming and directory services: DNS, NIS, and LDAP. This manual is part of the Solaris 9TM Release System and Network Administration manual set.

Who Should Use This Book

This manual is written for experienced system and network administrators.

Although this book introduces networking concepts relevant to SolarisTM naming and directory services, it explains neither the networking fundamentals nor the administration tools in the Solaris operating environment.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is divided into parts according to the respective naming services.

Part I: About Naming and Directory Services

Part II: DNS Setup and Administration

Part III: NIS Setup Administration

Part IV: iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Configuration

Part V: LDAP Setup and Administration

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

 What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. 

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

 C shell promptmachine_name%
 C shell superuser promptmachine_name#
 Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt$
 Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt#