N

name

instance, 156, 158

logical, 156, 158

physical device, 156, 158

Name Service Cache daemon (nscd), 384–386, 386, 390, 394, 396

cache service, 389

managing, 386–388

service databases and, 386–387

naming services, 358–367, 389, 395

clients, configuring, 379

compared, 363

configuring use of, 364–367

Domain Name Service (DNS), 358

Solaris and, 359–361

functions of, 367

Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), 358

Solaris and, 362–363

managing, 357–397

Network Information Service (NIS), 358

Solaris and, 361–362

Network Information Service Plus (NIS+), 358

Solaris and, 362

Solans and, 359–364

netid, 333

netstat utility, 350, 351

network, 312, 337

connectivity devices, 328–331

bridge, 330

gateway, 330

hub, 329

network interface card (NIC), 329

repeater, 329

router, 330

switch, 330

transceiver, 329

environment, 311–356

fundamentals, 312–344

hardware, 314

interfaces, 330

hardware address and, 348

IP address, 348

IP interfaces, 340–345

configuring and managing, 340–344

configuring at boot lime, 340–341

monitoring configuration of, 342–344

packets, 336, 336–340

frame, 338

IP datagram, 337

monitoring, 338–340

TCP segment and UDP datagram, 336–337

printers, 233–272

services, 343, 345–348

client/server model, 345

enable/disable server processes, 345

list converted to use SMF, 348

Solaris and, 346–349

network addressing, 328–331

address resolution, 335–336

IP addresses, 332–335

class structure of, 333

ranges for different classes, 334

media access (MAC) addresses

broadcast address, 331

multicast address, 331–332

unicast address, 331

Network File System (NFS), 317, 400, 408–409, 434

client/server system and, 410

daemon (nsfd), 433, 435, 441

working with, 412–413

file systems, 411, 415

sharing, 413–415, 433

managing, 411–415

servers and clients, 410–411

service, 409–410

administering, 411–412

benefits of, 410

files related to, 415

Service Management Facility (SMF), 411

troubleshooting, 433

SMF and, 433, 436

troubleshooting, 422–427, 423–427

common errors and solutions, 424

steps in, 423–425

understanding, 409–411

version 4, 108–109

default version, 413

Solaris 10 and, 123

Network File System (NFS), working with, 409–416

Network Information Service (NIS), 361–362, 389, 396

client, 367

clients, 362

daemons, 376

domain, 168, 361

configuring, 367

files, 369–370

information databases, 394

maps, 361, 367, 391, 392

managing, 368–371

master server and, 371

master server, 361, 367, 371–373, 391

domains and daemons, 376

NIS service, 376–377

preparing source files and, 371–373

preparing the Makefile, 373

xpinit command, 373

ypinit command, 374–375

name services, 349, 367–379, 392

namespace, 361

proprietary environment and, 389

security features, 390

server, 391

updating, 394

slave server, 367, 393

managing, 377–378

SMF service, 390, 391

uses of, 389

Network Information Service Plus (NIS+), 362, 396

hierarchical namespace, 392

naming services, 392

principles, authorization class, 393

security, 384–386

authentication, 385

authorization, 385–386

features, 390

NIS+ object, 384

NIS+ principal, 384

permission matrix, 384

process, 385–386

networking

client/server model, 345

TCP/IP, 313–314

network interface card (NIC), 329, 351, 355

IP address and, 329

motherboard and, 329

network protocol layering models, 314–321

OSI model, 314–319

Layer 1: Physical, 314–315

Layer 2: Data Link, 315

Layer 3: Network, 316

Layer 4: Transport, 316–317

Layer 5: Session, 317

Layer 6: Presentation, 317

Layer 7: Application, 317–319

TCP/IP model, 319–321

Layer 1: Physical, 319

Layer 2: Network Interface, 319

Layer 3: Internet, 320

Layer 4: Transport, 320

Layer 5: Application, 320

networks

Ethernet, 324–328

bus topology and data flow, 327

cable types, 325

coaxial cables (coax), 325

data packets, 325

fiber-optic cables, 326

media access mechanisms: CSMA/CD, 326–328

twisted-pair cables, 325–326

variations of, 327

LAN topologies

bus topology, 321–322, 322

ring topology, 322, 323

star topology, 322–323, 323

packet-switched, 336

server centric, 345

node name, 350

Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM), 64, 65

changing, 76

chip, 81, 92, 94, 329

configuration variables, 81

parameters, 81, 81–84, 82, 93, 94

commands for changing, 83, 92

reboots and, 65

viewing, 76

Novell

sale of UNIX Software Lab to Santa Cruz operation, 10

UNIX and, 10