You need to be familiar with NIS and LDAP concepts, terminology, and IDs to perform the procedures in this chapter. For more information about the NIS and LDAP naming service, see the following sections:
Chapter 5, About the Network Information Service, in Working With Oracle Solaris 11.2 Directory and Naming Services: DNS and NIS , for an overview of NIS
Chapter 1, Introduction to the LDAP Naming Service, for an overview of LDAP