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

N2L servername resolutionname servernaming service switchnaming servicenamespaceNIS-to-LDAP server. An NIS master server that has been reconfiguredas an N2L server by using the N2L service. Reconfiguration includesreplacing NIS daemons and adding new configuration files.The process of translating workstation or user names to addresses.Servers that run one or more network naming services.A configuration file (/etc/nsswitch.conf) that defines the sourcesfrom which an naming client can obtain its network information.A network service that handles machine, user, printer, domain, router,an other network names and addresses.(1) A namespace stores information that users, workstations, andapplications must have to communicate across the network.(2) The set of all names in a naming system.NDBMnetwork masknetwork passwordNISNIS mapsNIS+NIS-compatibility modeparent domainpreferred server listprivate keyNDBM is an improved version of DBM.A number used by software to separate the local subnet address fromthe rest of a given Internet protocol address.See Secure RPC password.A distributed network information service containing key informationabout the systems and the users on the network. The NIS database isstored on the master server and all the replica or slave servers.A file used by NIS that holds information of a particular type, forexample, the password entries of all users on a network or the namesof all host machines on a network. Programs that are part of the NISservice query these maps. See also NIS.A distributed network information service containing hierarchicalinformation about the systems and the users on the network. The NIS+database is stored on the master server and all the replica servers.A configuration of NIS+ that allows NIS clients to have access to thedata stored in NIS+ tables. When in this mode, NIS+ servers cananswer requests for information from both NIS and NIS+ clients.See domain.A client_info table or a client_info file. Preferred server listsspecify the preferred servers for a client or domain.The private component of a pair of mathematically generatednumbers, which, when combined with a private key, generates theDES key. The DES key in turn is used to encode and decodeinformation. The private key of the sender is only available to theowner of the key. Every user or machine has its own public andprivate key pair.301