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Working With Naming and Directory Services in Oracle Solaris 11.1 Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
1. Naming and Directory Services (Overview)
2. Name Service Switch (Overview)
4. Setting Up Oracle Solaris Active Directory Clients (Tasks)
Part II NIS Setup and Administration
5. Network Information Service (Overview)
Before You Begin Configuring NIS
NIS and the Service Management Facility
Identify Your NIS Servers and Clients
passwd Files and Namespace Security
How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion
How to Install the NIS Master Server Package
How to Set Up the Master Server
How to Support Multiple NIS Domains on One Master Server
Starting and Stopping NIS Services on an NIS Server
Starting the NIS Service Automatically
How to Enable the NIS Server Services Manually
How to Disable the NIS Server Services
How to Refresh the NIS Server Service
How to Start NIS on a Slave Server
How to Configure an NIS Client in Broadcast Mode
How to Configure an NIS Client Using Specific NIS Servers
Disabling the NIS Client Services
9. Introduction to LDAP Naming Services (Overview)
10. Planning Requirements for LDAP Naming Services (Tasks)
11. Setting Up Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition With LDAP Clients (Tasks)
12. Setting Up LDAP Clients (Tasks)
13. LDAP Troubleshooting (Reference)
14. LDAP Naming Service (Reference)
This chapter describes the initial set up and configuration of the Network Information Service (NIS).
Note - In some contexts, machine names are referred to as host names or machine names. This discussion uses “machine,” but some screen messages or NIS map names might use host or machine.
This chapter covers the following topics: