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Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

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CHAPTER 1<strong>Naming</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>Services</strong>(Overview)This chapter provides an overview of naming <strong>and</strong> directory services used in Solaris.This chapter also briefly describes <strong>DNS</strong>, <strong>NIS</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>LDAP</strong> naming services. See SystemAdministration Guide: <strong>Naming</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>Services</strong> (<strong>NIS</strong>+) for detailed informationabout <strong>NIS</strong>+.What Is a <strong>Naming</strong> Service?<strong>Naming</strong> services store information in a central place, which enables users, machines,<strong>and</strong> applications to communicate across the network. This information can include thefollowing.■■■■■Machine (host) names <strong>and</strong> addressesUser namesPasswordsAccess permissionsGroup membership, printers, <strong>and</strong> so onWithout a central naming service, each machine would have to maintain its own copyof this information. <strong>Naming</strong> service information can be stored in files, maps, ordatabase tables. If you centralize all data, administration becomes easier.<strong>Naming</strong> services are fundamental to any computing network. Among other features,naming service provide functionality that does the following.■■■■■Associates (binds) names with objectsResolves names to objectsRemoves bindingsLists namesRenames21

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