L

N

name resolution, 462. See also DNS (Domain Name System)

name services

device names , 72

DNS, 44

LDAP, 45

NIS, 44-45

Solaris configuration and, 82

namespaces, NIS+, 477-478

naming conventions, physical and logical devices, 255-256

NAT (Network Address Translation), 647-648

ndd command

setting network protocol parameters, 385-386

TCP devices and, 592-593

net command, 57

NetBSD, 10

netmasks , Solaris configuration and, 82

netstat command

-i option (viewing router status), 639-640

identifying running services, 659

network troubleshooting, 594-595

-r option (viewing routing tables), 630

-s option (viewing interface statistics), 640-642

viewing ports with, 658

network adapters, 53

Network Address Translation (NAT), 647-648

network-based installation, Web Start Wizard, 86-87

network environment

configuring inetd, 377-380

configuring network interfaces, 375-376

FTP access, 384-385

FTP administration, 371-374

FTP transactions, 380-383

FTP troubleshooting, 383

hostnames and interfaces, 369-370

inetd and, 370-371

in. ftpd and, 386-389

network protocol parameters (ndd), 385-386

pinging hosts , 383-384

Q & A, answers, 392-393

Q & A, questions, 390-392

Network File System. See NFS (Network File System)

network host, 60-61

Network Information Service. See NIS/NIS+ (Network Information Service)

network interfaces, 591-593

routing and, 628-629

support for multiple, 41-42

Network Support screen, Web Start Wizard, 81

Network Time Protocol. See NTP (Network Time Protocol)

networking, 41-42, 579-580

application protocols and, 589-591

Ethernet, 41-42, 586-587

interconnecting networks, 581

IP addresses and, 41-42

IPv4 and, 587-588

network interfaces, 591-593

network level headers, 585-586

OSI model, 583-584

Q & A, answers, 599

Q & A, questions, 596-598

TCP, 588-589

TCP/IP protocol suite, 584-585

topologies, 580-582

troubleshooting, 593-595

newfs command, 262-263, 272-273

newgrp command, 128

NFS clients

configuring, 441-442

installing, 442

options, 444

NFS (Network File System), 437-448

architecture, 438

auditing with SAINT, 155

automounter. See automounter

CacheFS file system, 457-460

mounting remote file systems, 443-444

network servers and, 36

NFS clients, 441-442

NFS servers, 439-441

performance, 445-446

Q & A, answers, 448

Q & A, questions, 446-448

RPCs, 438-439

security enhancements, 436-445

sharing file systems, 440-441

NFS servers

configuring, 439-441

encryption and, 445

nfsd, 439

nfsstat command, 446

nice command, 537-538

NIS clients, 484

NIS/NIS+ (Network Information Service), 475-495

auditing with SAINT, 155

automounter, 453

commands, 488-493

configuration, 483-485

DNS and, 475-476

functions of, 44-45

implementing, 485-488

LDAP-NIS+ interface, 558-559

NIS+ overview, 45

Q & A, answers, 494

Q & A, questions, 493-494

switching to iDS from, 549-550

system maps, 476, 479-480

tables, 480-483

NIS servers

configuring, 484-485

Solaris configuration and, 83

niscat command, 478, 492-493

nischmod command, 489-491

nisdefaults command, 489

nisladpamptest, 558-559

nisls command, 491

nispopulate command, 483-484

NIST standards, 500

nlsadmin command, 337

nslookup, IP addresses, 465-467

nsswitch.conf file, 486

NTP clients, 706-707

NTP (Network Time Protocol), 701-711

improvements in version 3, 703

NTP client, 706-707

NTP server, 703-706

Q & A, answers, 710-711

Q & A, questions, 708-710

security, 707

NTP servers, 703-706

nvalias command, 62

nvunalias command, 63