System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

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  Preface

  Part I About Naming and Directory Services

  1.  Naming and Directory Services (Overview)

  2.  The Name Service Switch (Overview)

  Part II DNS Setup and Administration

  3.  Domain Name System (Overview)

  4.  Administering DNS (Tasks)

  5.  DNS Administration (Reference)

Implementing DNS

A Practical Example

Setting Up the Data Files

Resource Record Types

Setting Up Subdomains

Setting Up Subdomains--Same Zone

Setting Up Subdomains--Different Zones

The DNS Namespace Hierarchy

How DNS Affects Mail Delivery

DNS Configuration and Data Files

Names of DNS Data Files

The named.conf File

The named.ca File

The hosts File

The hosts.rev File

The named.local File

$INCLUDE Files

Data File Resource Record Format

Standard Resource Record Format

Special Resource Record Characters

Control Entries

Resource Record Types

  6.  DNS Troubleshooting (Reference)

  Part III NIS Setup and Administration

  7.  Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)

  8.  Setting Up and Configuring NIS Service

  9.  Administering NIS (Tasks)

Password Files and Namespace Security

Administering NIS Users

Adding a New User to an NIS Domain

Setting User Passwords

Netgroups

Working With NIS Maps

Obtaining Map Information

Changing a Map's Master Server

Modifying Configuration Files

Modifying and Using the Makefile

Updating and Modifying Existing Maps

Updating Maps Supplied with the Default Set

Modifying Default Maps

Using makedbm to Modify a Non-Default Map

Creating New Maps from Text Files

Adding Entries to a File-Based Map

Creating Maps From Standard Input

Modifying Maps Made From Standard Input

Adding a Slave Server

How to Add a Slave Server

Using NIS With C2 Security

Changing a Machine's NIS Domain

How to Change a Machine's NIS Domain Name

Using NIS in Conjunction With DNS

Configuring Machine Name and Address Lookup Through NIS and DNS

Dealing with Mixed NIS Domains

Turning Off NIS Services

  10.  NIS Troubleshooting

  Part IV iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Configuration

  11.  iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Configuration

  Part V LDAP Naming Service Setup and Administration

  12.  Introduction to the LDAP Naming Service (Overview/Reference)

  13.  Basic Components and Concepts (Overview)

  14.  Planning for the LDAP Naming Service

Overview

Planning the Network Model

Planning the Directory Information Tree (DIT)

Multiple Directory Servers

Data Sharing With Other Applications

Choosing the Directory Suffix

Replica Servers

Planning the Security Model

Planning Client Profiles and Default Attribute Values

Planning the Data Population

  15.  iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Setup (Tasks)

  16.  Client Setup (Task)

  17.  Troubleshooting

  18.  General Reference

  Glossary

  Index