Installation guide

Operating System Requirements
Chapter 2 Computer System Requirements 31
Installing Third-Party Utilities
You will need the gunzip utility to unpack the directory server software. The GNU
gzip and gunzip programs are described in more detail a t
http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/gzip.html and can be obtained from
many software distribution sites.
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the documentation. If you do not
have it installed, you can download it from:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
DNS and NIS Requirements (UNIX only)
Prior to installatio n, it is necessa ry to have co nfigured the DNS resolver and NIS
domain name.
The DNS resolver is typically set by the file
/etc/resolv.conf. However, also
check the file
/etc/nsswitch.conf, and on Solaris /etc/netconfig,toensure
that the DNS resolver will be used for na me resolution.
If you are not already usi ng NIS, you will also need to set the default NIS domain
name. Typically this is done by placing the NIS domain name in the file
/etc/defaultdomain and rebooting or by using the domainname command.