Solaris Interview Questions and Answers

Configuring Name Service Clients


Configuring a DNS Client
The client resolver code is controlled by the following files
/etc/resolv.conf -- Contains directive to specify the scope of a query
/etc/nsswitch.conf -- Contains the reference to DNS for the hosts entry

Configuring the DNS Client During Installation

-- Select DNS -- Give Domain Name -- Enter IP Address -- Enter search Domains -- Confirm

Editing DNS Client Configuration Files

# vi /etc/resolv.conf
domain digigeeks.com
nameserver 140.40.40.152
search digigeeks.com -- List the local domain as the first argument to the search

Copying the /etc/nsswitch.dns File to the /etc/nsswitch.conf

# cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
………
hosts files dns
……..

If you want to add DNS name resolution to a system currently running a name service, such as NIS or NIS+. You must place the dns keyword on the hosts line in the specific location, along with other keywords.

# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
…..
hosts: nfs files dns
…..
Setting up an LDAP Client

The LDAP server cannot be a client of itself. Getting this configuration to work properly requires changes to the LDAP server and the LDAP client. The ldap_cachemgr daemon is responsible for maintaining and updating the changes to the client profile information.

Configuring LDAP Client During Installation
-- Select LDAP -- Enter Domain Name -- Enter Profile Name & Profile Server IP Address -- Confirm

Initializing the Native LDAP Client

You execute the ldapclient command on the client system once to initiate the client as a native LDAP client. The ldapclient command creates two files in the ./var/ldap directory on the LDAP client. These files contain info that the LDAP client use when binding to and accessing LDAP data.
/var/ldap/ldap_client_cred -- The proxy agent info that the client uses for LDAP authentication
/var/ldap/ldap_client_file -- The config info from the client profile in the LDAP server DB

# ldapclient init –a proxy password=proxy –a proxy DN=cn=proxyagent, ou=profile, dc=suned.com, dc=sun –a domainname=suned.com 192.168.0.100

# ldapclient list

Copying the /etc/nsswitch.ldap to the /etc/nsswitch.conf

During LDAP client initialization the /etc/nsswitch.ldap file is copied over the /etc/nsswitch.conf file

# ldaplist -- To list naming info from LDAP server

# ldapclient uninit -- Unconfiguring LDAP Client