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A B C D E F G H I L M N P Q R S T U W Y


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$INCLUDE
$ORIGIN
/etc/group
/etc/hosts
/etc/ntp.conf, *
/etc/passwd, *

A

Adding clients to NIS
Adding new NIS servers
Adding users to a node
Address record
Alias database
Apparently-To:
Arguments
Automounter
how the automounter works
introduction
invoking the automounter
modifying the maps
updating a mount table
preparing the maps
conventions
specifying subdirectories
using environment variables
using substitutions
writing a direct map
writing a master map
writing an indirect map
troubleshooting

B

Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BITNET
Bypassing NIS

C

C Library routines
Cache initialization file
Canonical name (CNAME)
Changing the Values Options
Changing the master server
Client problems
Common environment files

D

dactl
Debugging
Delivery mode
domainname, *

E

Editing the password file
Encrypted password, NIS
Errors-To:
Ethernet operation
IP router method

F

fcctl
FDDI operation
Forcing the queue, *
Forwarders

G

gethostbyaddr, *
gethostbyname, *, *
gfconf
GFS client
GFS-FC client
gftab
Global database file security
GFS client
GFS server
gfsd
GFS server
GFS-FC server
GFS-FC client
GFS-FC server
Global File System (GFS)
Global File System using Fibre Channel (GFS-FC)
group
Group ID, NIS

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H

HIPPI channel operation
channels
connection with other I/O devices
general description
I-field and HIPPI switch
line trace usage
Home directory creation
Host information record
host.rev file

I

Initial login shell, NIS

L

Load limiting
Local database file security
Log level
Login name, NIS

M

makedbm
Making new NIS maps
Master servers, *
Metasymbols
Modifying existing maps
Mounting a file system remotely

N

Name server
boot file
files
named, *, *
Name Server (NS)
named.local file
Network command operation
SNMP
Network configuration
Network file administration
automounter
network file system
building an NFS server
clock skew in user programs
debugging NFS
programs stop
remote mount failed
slow operations
troubleshooting
how NFS works
incompatibility between UNIX versions
introduction
remote mounting of a file system
Network Information Service (NIS)
Network initialization
/etc/default/interface
/etc/default/rccustom
/etc/inet/rc.inetcmd
/etc/inet/rc.inetlog
/etc/inet/rc.inetroute
/etc/inet/rc.inet
Network server
Network setup
initialization
introduction
network command operation
routing
system constants
system generation
TCP tuning
Network system files
NIS
administration
command summary
commands hang
debugging
domain
installation
map
map versions
master server
password file fields
restrictions
security
service unavailable
slave server
structure summary
NTP
ntpdc
ntpq
ntptrace

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P

passwd, *
Per-user forwarding
portmap
Propagating an NIS map

Q

Queue
factor

R

Remote mounting a file system
Remote server
resolver
Resolver Routines
root.cache
Routing
dynamic
dynamic routing by /etc/gated
dynamic routing by /etc/routed
example
static

S

Sample Files
Secondary Server
sendmail
sethostent
Setting up a slave NIS server
Setting up master NIS servers
Setting up network system files
common environment files
network server
Setting up NIS clients
Setting up your own domain
Slave mode
Slave server, *
SOA
Special header lines
Special NIS password change
Specifying new user environments
Standard resource record format
Summary of support files
syslogd
System constants
System generation
System log

T

TCP tuning
timed
daily operation
guidelines
introduction
references
startup
Trying a different configuration file

U

User home directory, NIS
User ID, NIS
User information, NIS

W

Well Known Services (WKS)
Wildcard names

Y

ypbind
crashes
ypcat
ypfiles
ypinit
ypmake
ypmatch
yppoll
yppush
ypserv
crashes
ypset
ypwhich
inconsistent
ypxfr, *

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