How do i configure the ns lookup order – Sun Microsystems SUN STOREDGETM 5310 NAS User Manual

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Broadcast—Enables or disables broadcast search for NIS servers.

Server—IP address of NIS server.

Files Hosts Users Groups Netgroups—Select which files should be imported
from NIS with “Y”.

Check Rate minutes—How often to check the NIS server for changes.

Network Information Services (NIS+)

Enable—Enables or disable NIS+.

NIS+ Domain—Defines the NIS+ domain.

Broadcast—Enables or disables broadcast search for NIS+ servers.

Home Domain Server—IP address of primary NIS+ server.

Secure RPC Password—Password for NIS+ server

Search Path (optional)—List of other NIS domains to search. Separate with
colons.

4. After configuring desired options, select option “7”, Save Changes.

This functionality is also available through the StorEdge Web Admin.

1. To use the Web Admin, connect with a Web browser to http://<hostname or IP

address of your StorEdge>.

2. Click “Grant” or “Yes” to accept any Java software authorization windows and

you will reach the login screen.

3. Type the administrator password to access the administration interface.

4. Navigate to Unix Configuration/Configure NIS or Unix Configuration/Configure

NIS+. Most, but not all of the configuration fields defined above are available.

How do I configure the NS lookup order?

1. To access this functionality, access the StorEdge via Telnet or serial console.

2. Press [Enter] at the [menu] prompt and enter the administrator password.

The lookup order tells StorEdge which set of hosts/groups/hostgrps files to use. The
options are LOCAL, NIS, DNS (for hosts only) and NIS+. Each source will be
searched in the order you select, and the search will stop when the object is found.
Therefore, if you wish for your local hosts file to be used for lookup, it should be
first on the list. Otherwise StorEdge will look to first resolve the host via the defined
network resources. Netgroups are also supported for lookup, via NIS and NIS+ only.

This functionality is also available through the StorEdge Web Admin.

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