Working With Oracle^® Solaris 11.4 Directory and Naming Services: DNS and NIS

DNS and NIS Glossary

baseDN

The DN where part of the DIT is rooted. When this is the baseDN for an NIS domains entries it is also referred to as a context.

context

For the N2L service, a context is something under which an NIS domain is generally mapped. See also baseDN.

directory cache

A local file used to store data associated with directory objects.

DNS zones

Administrative boundaries within a network domain, often made up of one or more subdomains.

DNS zone files

A set of files wherein the DNS software stores the names and IP addresses of all the workstations in a domain.

field

A NIS map entry might consist of a number of components and separator characters. As part of the N2L service mapping process the entry is first broken down into a number of named fields.

mail exchange records

Files that contain a list of DNS domain names and their corresponding mail hosts.

N2L server

NIS-to-LDAP server. An NIS master server that has been reconfigured as an N2L server by using the N2L service. Reconfiguration includes replacing NIS daemons and adding new configuration files.

NIS

A distributed network information service containing key information about the systems and the users on the network. The NIS database is stored on the master server and all the replica or slave servers.

NIS maps

A file used by NIS that holds information of a particular type, for example, the password entries of all users on a network or the names of all host systems on a network. Programs that are part of the NIS service query these maps. See also NIS.

preferred server list

A client_info table or a client_info file. Preferred server lists specify the preferred servers for a client or domain.