NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Index
406
in /etc/passwd
, 130
in NIS, 125, 147
netid database, 147, 164
netmasks file, 171
netnames, 147, 192, 193, 194
netstat, 330, 334
nettl, 354, 355
network
see LAN, 23
Network File System
see NFS
, 18
Network Information Service
see NIS, 18
Network Information Service Plus
see NIS+
, 18
network map, NIS, 153
networks file, 147
newkey, 193, 194, 195, 196
NFS, 18
see also client, NFS, 22
see also server, NFS, 22
client, 22, 36
further reading, 16
installing the software, 17
logging, 341
secure NFS, 191
server, 22, 26
starting, 45, 89, 121
startup scripts, 356
stopping, 33, 57, 300
system startup, 356
troubleshooting, 289
NFS client
connections
, 58
NFS Diskless, 16, 333
NFS server
daemon
, 59
nfs.client script, 55, 57, 89, 121, 132, 291, 300,
342, 356, 357
nfs.core script, 356, 357
nfs.server script, 30, 32, 290, 356, 357
NFS_CLIENT variable, 45, 57, 89, 121, 357
NFS_SERVER variable, 30, 34, 290, 357
nfsconf file, 30, 32, 34, 45, 55, 57, 64, 70, 74,
77, 89, 100, 105, 109, 113, 121, 290, 303,
330, 334, 336, 342, 346
nfsd, 290, 332, 357
number of, 334
nfsstat, 330, 332, 334
ninode kernel parameter, 304, 322
NIS, 18, 145
see also client, NIS, 148
see also domain, NIS, 148
see also maps, NIS, 147
see also master server, NIS, 148
see also slave server, NIS, 148
binding, 148, 181
client, 148, 181
domain, 148
files managed by, 147, 206
further reading, 16
LAN support, 146
list of commands, 196, 264
logging, 350
maps, 147, 148, 165, 167, 206
master server, 148
network planning, 151, 211
number of servers, 152, 212
PATH required, 158, 176, 184
querying BIND, 170, 269
slave server, 148, 173
startup scripts, 159, 356
Sun vs. HP, 171
system startup, 356
troubleshooting, 306
with short file names, 171
ypmake vs. Makefile, 171
NIS compatibility mode, NIS+, 210, 214, 222,
225, 253, 274, 323
NIS+, 18, 199
see also groups, NIS+, 204
see also server, NIS+, 212
see also tables, NIS+, 205
see also domain, NIS+, 204
adding a host, 245
adding a user, 247
adding table entries, 240, 241
admin group, 219, 246, 319
advantages over NIS, 201
authentication, 208, 224, 230, 318
authorization, 208, 219, 230, 318
backing up data, 262
changing root password, 253
client, 220
configuration, 213
creating subdomains, 225
creating tables, 254
credentials, 191, 208, 318
default password, 218, 221
determining number of domains, 211