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Index: M

MAC (Media Access Control): 1.2.2. Ethernet addresses

addresses: 1.2.2. Ethernet addresses

AdminSuite and: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client
IP addresses: 1.3.2. IP host addresses
IP mapping: 13.2.3. IP to MAC address mappings

broadcast addresses: 13.1. Broadcast addresses

cryptography and: 12.5.2.4. One-way hash functions and MACs

layer tools: 13.2. MAC and IP layer tools

ifconfig: 13.2.1. ifconfig: interface configuration

maintaining maps: 3.3.9. The ypserv daemon

major timeouts: 18.1.2. Timeout period calculation

make process, accelerated: 7.4.1. File attribute caching

makedbm utility: 3.3.6. Map naming

Makefile

dependencies: 4.2.3. Map file dependencies
passwd map contents: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

mandatory file locking: 11.1.3. Mandatory versus advisory locking

NFS: 11.2.3. Mandatory locking and NFS

map files

source code, control over: 4.2.5. Source code control for map files
updating: 4.2. Managing map files

map maintenance calls: 3.3.9. The ypserv daemon

map transfers

regular transfers: 4.2.2. Regular map transfers
servers, existing: 4.3.2. Changing NIS master servers
source modification and: 4.2.1. Map distribution

MAPPING_UPDATE_INTERVAL parameter, nfslogd daemon: 14.6.8. Other configuration parameters

maps: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

3.3.5. Map files

automounter

ampersand (&): 9.4.1. Key substitutions

direct: 9.1.3. Direct maps

9.3.2. Updating NIS-managed automount maps
9.5.3. Conversion of direct maps

direct maps: 9.1. Automounter maps

executable: 9.5.5. Executable indirect maps

indirect: 9.5.4. Multiple indirection

indirect maps: 9.1.1. Indirect maps

master: 9.2. Invocation and the master map

master map: 9.1. Automounter maps

NIS-managed, updating: 9.3.2. Updating NIS-managed automount maps

null: 9.2.3. The null map

substitutions: 9.4. Key and variable substitutions

changes, accepting: 4.2.4. Password file updates

copying: 3.3.5. Map files

DBM database and: 3.3.5. Map files

definition of: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

dependencies: 4.2.3. Map file dependencies

distribution: 4.2.1. Map distribution

entries, consistency: 3.3.7. Map structure

existence, service requests: 3.3.9. The ypserv daemon

file management: 4.2. Managing map files

generating, password files: 3.3.6. Map naming

hosts file: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

integrating with local files: 3.3.4. Integrating NIS maps with local files

maintaining: 3.3.9. The ypserv daemon

modification timestamp: 3.3.7. Map structure

moving: 3.3.5. Map files

naming: 3.3.6. Map naming

data source and: 3.3.6. Map naming

netgroup: 12.1.3. Using netgroups

netgroups: 3.3.2. Netgroups

netid.byname: 3.3. Files managed under NIS

netmasks, ifconfig: 13.2.2. Subnetwork masks

NFS RPC calls: 7.2.1. NFS RPC procedures

nicknames: 3.3. Files managed under NIS

3.3.7. Map structure

NIS

ASCII source file: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
automounter and: 9.3.1. Mixing NIS and files in the same map
map information: 13.4.3. Other NIS map information

passwd.byname: 3.3. Files managed under NIS

private: 12.3.2. Making NIS more secure

published mapping: 13.2.3. IP to MAC address mappings

read-only access: 4.2.4. Password file updates

rebuilding: 4.2.1. Map distribution

SCCS, disadvantages: 4.2.5. Source code control for map files

source files: 4.2.1. Map distribution

alternates: 4.2.6. Using alternate map source files

structure: 3.3.7. Map structure

transfers: 3.3.9. The ypserv daemon

ypxrf tool: 4.2.2. Regular map transfers

working with: 3.3.1. Working with the maps

ypinit and: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

ypservers: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

see also domains: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

masks, subnetwork: 13.2.2. Subnetwork masks

master map, automounter: 9.1. Automounter maps

9.2. Invocation and the master map
command-line options: 9.2.2. Command-line options
timeouts: 9.2.4. Tuning timeout values

master server

global changes and: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients
hosts file, modifying: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients
NIS, installing: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server
unavailable: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

master servers: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

checking for existence: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

creating: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

hosts, changing: 4.3.2. Changing NIS master servers

number of: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

ypxrf tool: 4.2.2. Regular map transfers

matches, key matches: 3.4. Trace of a key match

MAX_LOGS_PRESERVE parameter, nfslogd daemon: 14.6.8. Other configuration parameters

MBONE (Multicast backBONE): 1.3.3. IPv4 address classes

Media Access Control (see MAC)

memory usage

server, bottlenecks: 16.4.1. Problem areas
server performance tuning: 16.5.3. Memory usage

minor timeouts: 18.1.2. Timeout period calculation

MIN_PROCESSING_SIZE parameter, nfslogd daemon: 14.6.8. Other configuration parameters

mkdir: 7.2.1. NFS RPC procedures

mkfile swap files, diskless clients: 8.4. Managing client swap space

modification timestamps, maps: 3.3.7. Map structure

mount command: 6.3.2. Using mount

failure of: 6.3.6. Resolving mount problems
NFS filesystems, mounting: 1. Networking Fundamentals
Solaris: 6.3.3. Mount options

mount information, NFS diagnostics: 14.1. NFS administration tools

mount parameters

retrans: 18.1.2. Timeout period calculation
timeo: 18.1.2. Timeout period calculation

mount points

directories: 14.1. NFS administration tools
naming scheme: 18.7. Mount point constructions
permissions, incorrect (debugging case study): 15.5. Incorrect mount point permissions
stepping-stone: 18.7. Mount point constructions
symbolic links and: 18.7. Mount point constructions

mount protocol: 6.1. Setting up NFS

background mounts: 6.3.4. Backgrounding mounts

mount requests, filehandles and: 7.2.5. Pathnames and filehandles

mountd daemon: 6.1. Setting up NFS

6.3.6. Resolving mount problems
7.2. NFS protocol and implementation
/etc/dfs/dfstab and: 14.1. NFS administration tools

mounting dataless clients: 8.7.1. Dataless clients

mounting filesystems

background mounts: 6.3.4. Backgrounding mounts

devices: 6.3.6. Resolving mount problems

hard mounts: 6.3.5. Hard and soft mounts

retransmission and: 18.1.2. Timeout period calculation

kill command: 6.3.5. Hard and soft mounts

multi-hop: 6.3.6. Resolving mount problems

ND and: 8.1. NFS support for diskless clients

NFS: 6.3. Mounting filesystems

NFS and: 6. System Administration Using the Network File System

PC/NFS: 10.4.1. Mounting filesystems

read-only: 6.3.3. Mount options

replication and: 6.5.2. Rules for mounting replicas

resolving problems: 6.3.6. Resolving mount problems

soft mounts: 6.3.5. Hard and soft mounts

symbolic links: 6.4. Symbolic links

transitive: 6.3.6. Resolving mount problems

mount(1M) command: 6.3. Mounting filesystems

moving maps: 3.3.5. Map files

MTUs (Maximum Transmission Units): 1.2.1. Frames and network interfaces

1.3.1. Datagrams and packets
ifconfig: 13.2.1.1. Examining interfaces

multi-hop mounts: 6.3.6. Resolving mount problems

multi-threaded services: 1.5.3. Internet and RPC server configuration

MULTICAST flag, ifconfig: 13.2.1.1. Examining interfaces

multihomed servers, performance tuning: 16.5.7. Multihomed servers

mv command: 3.3.5. Map files

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