HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

5. Add the names of any other hosts that you need to reach. If you will be using a
BIND or NIS server on a different host, add the name of that host.
If your site uses DNS (Domain Name Service) or NIS (Network Information
Service), /etc/hosts acts as a backup resource in case the name server goes
down; so it is a good idea to add the names of systems that the local system
frequently needs to reach.
Configuring New HP-UX Systems into Workgroups
If you have a group of closely related HP-UX systems, configure the new system into
the group by doing the following tasks:
• Set up NFS mounts to allow the system’s users to share working directories. See
“Adding a User to Several Systems: A Case Study” (page 70) or “Sharing Remote
Work Directories” (page 69).
If you are using NIS, you can use the /etc/netgroup file to define network-wide
groups used for permission checking when doing remote mounts, remote logins,
and remote shells. See the manpage netgroup(4).
• Configuring NFS mounts. See “Mounting a Shared File System (HP-UX to HP-UX)”
(page 78)
• Add local users and groups. See “Configuring Users and Groups” (page 49).
• Add remote printers. See “Adding a Remote Printer to the LP Spooler” (page 113).
Configuring a New System into a Network
To configure a new system into the network:
• Set the network information. See “Setting System and Network Parameters”
(page 41).
• Enable network services. See “Allowing Access from Remote Systems” (page 72).
• Enable X server access. See “Enabling X Window Server Access” (page 73)
• Set up printers. See “Configuring Printers” (page 111).
• Add software as needed. See the HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide: Routine
Tasks.
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