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

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3. Reboot the machine.The nscd daemon caches switch information. See the nscd(1M) man page forinformation.Some library routines do not periodically check the nsswitch.conf file to seewhether the file has been changed. You must reboot the machine to make sure thatthe daemon <strong>and</strong> those routines have the latest information in the file.<strong>DNS</strong> <strong>and</strong> Internet AccessThe nsswitch.conf file also controls <strong>DNS</strong> forwarding for clients as described in thefollowing subsections. <strong>DNS</strong> forwarding grants Internet access to clients. Forinformation on how to set <strong>DNS</strong> forwarding for <strong>NIS</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>NIS</strong>+, see SystemAdministration Guide: <strong>Naming</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>Services</strong> (<strong>NIS</strong>+).IPv6 <strong>and</strong> Solaris <strong>Naming</strong> <strong>Services</strong><strong>NIS</strong>, <strong>NIS</strong>+ <strong>and</strong> <strong>LDAP</strong> support storing IPv6 data, as well as using IPv6 transports forprotocol traffic. Beginning with BIND version 8.3.3, <strong>DNS</strong> on Solaris supports the use ofIPv6 transports on the client side. As of BIND version 8.4.2, <strong>DNS</strong> provides a completeclient-server solution over IPv6 networks on Solaris.The nsswitch.conf file controls search criteria for IPv6 addresses. IPv6 increases theIP address size from 32 bits to 128 bits to support more levels of addressing hierarchy.A larger address size provides a greater number of addressable nodes. For moreinformation about IPv6, its configuration <strong>and</strong> implementation, see SystemAdministration Guide: IP <strong>Services</strong>.Use the new ipnodes source for IPv6 addresses. The /etc/inet/ipnodes filestores both IPv4 <strong>and</strong> IPv6 addresses. The /etc/inet/ipnodes file uses the sameformat convention as the /etc/hosts file.IPv6 aware naming services use the new ipnodes source for its search forwarding.For instance, if <strong>LDAP</strong> is aware of IPv6 addresses, specify the following.ipnodes: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files42 System Administration Guide: <strong>Naming</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>Services</strong> (<strong>DNS</strong>, <strong>NIS</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>LDAP</strong>) • January 2005

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