HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-10 - Network Services

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 3 (of 26)
Chapter 10 Network Services
October 29, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ______________________________________________________________________ 4
Host Based Network Support ________________________________________________________ 4
Name Resolution _________________________________________________________________________ 4
Name Service Switching ___________________________________________________________________ 5
The system as a DNS client _________________________________________________________________ 6
Verifying hostname resolution ______________________________________________________________ 7
The system as a NIS client __________________________________________________________________ 8
The system as a LDAP-UX client ______________________________________________________ 9
Well-Known Network Services ______________________________________________________ 10
NFS __________________________________________________________________________________ 11
What is configurable on an NFS client? ______________________________________________________ 12
What can be configured on the NFS Server? __________________________________________________ 13
Involved Scripts and Processes _____________________________________________________________ 15
Information required for troubleshooting ____________________________________________________ 15
Common errors include: __________________________________________________________________ 16
AutoFS _________________________________________________________________________ 16
What information can we get from automountd? ______________________________________________ 17
Commonly used network services____________________________________________________ 18
telnet _________________________________________________________________________________ 18
ftp ___________________________________________________________________________________ 19
r-commands ___________________________________________________________________________ 20
ssh ___________________________________________________________________________________ 21
Permissions for the Client Files and Directories ________________________________________________ 24
Additional Information ____________________________________________________________ 26
General Knowledge ______________________________________________________________________ 26
Internet Standards – RFC _________________________________________________________________ 26