All About Administering NIS+ - Softcover

Ramsey, Rick; Sun Microsystems

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133095762 ISBN 13: 9780133095760

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1994

Synopsis

NIS+ (Network Information Service Plus…–) is a new network information service that is part of SunSoft's Open Network Computing Plus (ONC+…–) suite of products ― which is installed on over 3.1 million nodes worldwide. NIS+ is available on Solaris…–2.x ― whether Intel…–-or SPARC…–- based, and is portable to other operating systems that support ONC RPC or ONC+ transport- independent RPC (TI-RPC…–). This is THE authoritative guide to administering NIS+. KEY TOPICS: Compares NIS+ to DNS and NIS; explains the structure of NIS+ ― what it has to offer and how it is put together; provides guidelines for making a transition from NIS to NIS+ and for setting up NIS+ from scratch; presents step-by-step instructions for setting up the components of an NIS+ namespace, from the root domain to individual clients; describes the NIS+ commands (syntax and details) in terms of administration categories; and contains Pre-Setup Worksheets, a list of NIS+ Scripts Error Messages, and a discussion of the NIS+ API. MARKET: For system and network administrators, and for MIS managers (who need to determine whether NIS+ offers what they need).

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Summary and table of contents
This book is written for system and network administrators to describe: understanding NIS+; planning for NIS+, either as a new installation or as an upgrade; setting up NIS+; administering NIS+.

CONTENTS:

PART I. UNDERSTANDING NIS+.

1. Understanding Network Information Services. 2. Understanding the NIS+ Namespace. 3. Understanding NIS+ Tables and Information. 4. Understanding NIS+ Security. 5. Understanding the Name Service Switch.

PART II. PLANNING FOR NIS+.

6. Planning and Transition Guidelines. 7. Building a Prototype NIS+ Namespace. 8. Designing the NIS+ Namespace. 9. Selecting NIS+ Security Measures. 10. Using NIS Compatibility Mode. 11. Satisfying Prerequisites to Transition. 12. Implementing the Transition.

PART III. SETTING UP THE NIS+ SERVICE.

13. Setup Guidelines. 14. Setting Up an NIS+ Namespace Using the NIS+ Scripts. 15. Setting Up the Root Domain. 16. Setting Up NIS+ Tables. 17. Setting Up an NIS+ Client. 18. Setting Up NIS+ Servers. 19. Setting Up a Non-Root Domain. 20. Setting Up the Name Service Switch.

PART IV. ADMINISTERING THE NIS+ SERVICE.

21. Administering NIS+ Groups. 22. Administering NIS+ Credentials. 23. Administering NIS+ Access Rights. 24. Administering NIS+ Directories. 25. Administering NIS+ Tables.

PART V. APPENDICES.

A. Information in NIS+ Tables. B. Pre-Setup Worksheets. C. NIS+ Scripts Error Messages. D. NIS+ API.

About the Author

ALLAN PACKER is a Senior Staff Engineer with the Performance and Availability Engineering Group at Sun Microsystems. He has developed workloads for performance and regression testing, led the engineering team working with IBM DB2, acted as technical lead for nine published TPC benchmark results, and developed a training curriculum for the internal training organization focused on configuring, monitoring and tuning database systems. He currently specializes in server systems performance and availability.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133095762
• ISBN 13: 9780133095760
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480