Chapter 10. Administering Network Services

This chapter contains information about checking on remote system status, logging in to a remote system, transferring files between systems, and administering the Network Information Service Plus (NIS+) databases. It also introduces the IPv6 Internet protocol, new in the Solaris 8 release, and describes how to display network and configuration information.

This chapter also provides information about the Secure Shell commands, new in the Solaris 9 release, that enable users to securely access a remote host on an unsecured network. It also contains brief instructions on creating and editing local network configuration files and on using the snoop command.