System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Prerequisites for Using the Solaris Management Console in a Name Service Environment

The following table identifies what you need to do before you can use the Solaris Management Console in a name service environment.

Prerequisite 

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Install the Solaris 9 release. 

Solaris 9 Installation Guide

Set up your name service environment. 

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

Select your management scope. 

Management Scope

Make sure your/etc/nsswitch.conf file is configured so that you can access your name service data.

The /etc/nsswitch.conf File