Outline

Introduction	778
Name Services Overview	778
The Name Service Switch File	779
/etc Files	783
NIS	784
The Structure of the NIS Network	784
Determining How Many NIS Servers You Need	785
Determining Which Hosts Will Be NIS Servers	786
Information Managed by NIS	786
Planning Your NIS Domain	790
Configuring an NIS Master Server	791
Creating the Master passwd File	793
Creating the Master Group File	795
Creating the Master hosts File	796
Creating Other Master Files	797
Preparing the Makefile	797
Setting Up the Master Server with ypinit	798
Starting and Stopping NIS on the Master Server	799
Setting Up NIS Clients	800
Setting Up NIS Slave Servers	801
Creating Custom NIS Maps	802
NIS Security	803
The passwd.adjunct Map	803
The securenets File	803
Troubleshooting NIS	804
Binding Problems	804
Server Problems	804
NIS+	805
Hierarchical Namespace	805
NIS+ Security	806
Authentication	806
Authorization	806
DNS	808
Configuring the DNS Client	808
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)	810
Sun Java System Directory Server	811
Setting Up the LDAP Client	812
Modifying the LDAP Client	813
Listing the LDAP Client Properties	814
Uninitializing the LDAP Client	814
Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd)	814
The getent Command	816
Summary	817