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Samba, PC/NFS and: 10.2.1. NFS versus SMB (CIFS)

SATAN, diagnostics and: 14.4.5. SATAN

saturation, network collisions: 17.1.2. Collisions and network saturation

SCCS

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

schema, X.500 and: 2.2.4. X.500

SEAM (Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism): 12.5.5.2. SEAM: Kerberos V5 for Solaris

search paths, automounter and: 9.6.1. Long search paths

SEAS (Solaris Easy Access Server): 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

secret key, symmetric key encryption: 12.5.2.1. Symmetric key encryption

secure NFS: 12.5.4.1. Old terms: AUTH_DES, secure RPC, and, secure NFS

secure RPC: 12.5.4.1. Old terms: AUTH_DES, secure RPC, and, secure NFS

securenets file: 12.3.2.1. The secure nets file

security

ACLs: 12.4.8. Access control lists

anonymous users, mapping: 12.4.3. Unknown user mapping

asymmetric key encryption: 12.5.2.2. Asymmetric key encryption

AUTH_DH: 12.5.4. AUTH_DH: Diffie-Hellman authentication

authentication: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

AUTH_SYS security flavor: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

cryptography: 12.5.2. Brief introduction to cryptography

DCE/DFS: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

filesystem access: 12.4.4. Access to filesystems

firewalls: 12.4.7. Using NFS through firewalls

future of: 7.6.2. Security

IPsec: 12.5.3. NFS and IPSec

Kerberos V5: 12.5.5. RPCSEC_GSS: Generic security services for RPC

LDAP and: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

login restrictions: 12.1. User-oriented network security

MACs: 12.5.2.4. One-way hash functions and MACs

maps, private: 12.3.2. Making NIS more secure

netgroups: 12.1.3. Using netgroups

NFS: 12.4. NFS security

future of: 12.5.7. NFS security futures
increasing: 12.5. Stronger security for NFS
increasing, transition: 12.5.6. Planning a transition from NFS/sys to stronger NFS security
levels: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?
RPC: 12.4.1. RPC security
superuser mapping: 12.4.2. Superuser mapping
version 4 and: 7.6.1. NFS Version 4

NIS

increasing: 12.3.2. Making NIS more secure
passwords: 12.3. Password and NIS security

NIS+ and: 2.2.3. NIS+

NIS levels: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

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

performance and: 12.5.5.4. Security and performance

port monitoring: 12.4.6. Port monitoring

private keys: 12.5.4.6. Public and private keys

public key exchange: 12.5.2.3. Public key exchange

public keys: 12.5.4.6. Public and private keys

read-only access: 12.4.5. Read-only access

RPC: 12.4.1. RPC security

RPC/DH: 12.5.4.3. How RPC/DH works

RPCSEC_GSS: 12.5.5. RPCSEC_GSS: Generic security services for RPC

SATAN: 14.4.5. SATAN

SEAM: 12.5.5.2. SEAM: Kerberos V5 for Solaris

securenets file: 12.3.2.1. The secure nets file

services: 12.5.1. Security services

session keys: 12.5.4.8. Establishing a session key

setuid executables and: 12.4.2. Superuser mapping

SMB (CIFS): 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

symmetric key encryption: 12.5.2.1. Symmetric key encryption

trusted hosts: 12.1.1. Trusted hosts and trusted users

trusted users: 12.1.1. Trusted hosts and trusted users

UIDs: 12.3.3. Unknown password entries

user-oriented: 12.1. User-oriented network security

viruses: 12.6. Viruses

server only NIS: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

server response time, threshold value: 16.2. Measuring performance

server-side caching: 7.4.3. Server-side caching

server-side configuration, PC/NFS: 10.3.1. Server-side PC/NFS configuration

server-side fields (RPC), statistics: 14.2. NFS statistics

server-side performance tuning: 16. Server-Side Performance Tuning

benchmarking: 16.3. Benchmarking

server threads: 7.2.1. NFS RPC procedures

7.3.3. NFS kernel code
NFS: 7.3.1. nfsd and NFS server threads

server-to-client relationships, trusted hosts and users: 12.1.1. Trusted hosts and trusted users

server-to-server relationships, trusted hosts and users: 12.1.1. Trusted hosts and trusted users

servers

allocating, domains: 4.1.3. Number of NIS servers per domain

as clients: 3.3.11. NIS server as an NIS client

compensation, slow: 18.1. Slow server compensation

configuration

diskless clients: 8. Diskless Clients
RPCs and: 1.5.3. Internet and RPC server configuration

CPU loading, bottlenecks and: 16.4.1. Problem areas

disk bandwidth: 16.4.1. Problem areas

DNS: 5.2.3. Run DNS on NIS clients and servers

load, buffer size and: 18.3. Adjusting for network reliability problems

locating, binding the domain: 3.3.10. The ypbind daemon

log files: 14.6.1. NFS server logging mechanics

logging

configuration: 14.6.3. NFS server logging configuration
configuration files: 14.6.3. NFS server logging configuration
disabling: 14.6.9. Disabling NFS server logging
enabling: 14.6.2. Enabling NFS server logging

master server

creating: 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
unavailable: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server
ypxfr tool: 4.2.2. Regular map transfers

memory usage, bottlenecks: 16.4.1. Problem areas

multihomed: 16.5.7. Multihomed servers

network interface, bottlenecks: 16.4.1. Problem areas

NFS, troubleshooting: B.1. NFS server problems

NIS

selecting: 3.2.1. Choosing NIS servers
testing: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

NLM crash: 11.2.2.1. Server crash

performance tuning: 16.5. Server tuning

buffers: 16.5.3. Memory usage
CPU loading: 16.5.1. CPU loading
cross-mounting filesystem: 16.5.6. Cross-mounting filesystems
kernel configuration: 16.5.5. Kernel configuration
memory usage: 16.5.3. Memory usage
multhomed: 16.5.7. Multihomed servers
nfsd threads: 16.5.2. NFS server threads
throughput: 16.5.4. Disk and filesystem throughput

renegade, debugging case study: 15.2. Renegade NIS server

replication, automounter: 9.5.1. Replicated servers

response time

disk-intensive activity and: 16.2. Measuring performance
users and: 16.2. Measuring performance

root privileges: 12.3.1. Managing the root password with NIS

RPC

configuration: 1.5.3. Internet and RPC server configuration
initialization: 1.5.3. Internet and RPC server configuration

slave server

adding: 3.2. Basics of NIS management
adding later: 3.2.3.1. Adding slave servers later
initializing: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
installing: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
listing: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
removing: 4.3.1. Removing an NIS slave server

slow

testing: 18.1.1. Identifying NFS retransmissions
timeo parameter and: 18.1.2. Timeout period calculation

terminal servers: 16.5.1. CPU loading

usage guage: 4.1.3. Number of NIS servers per domain

Service field, NFS log record: 14.6. NFS server logging

session keys: 12.5.4.8. Establishing a session key

session layer (7-layer model): 1.5. The session and presentation layers

setuid

executables, security and: 12.4.2. Superuser mapping
root privileges, remote files and: 12.4.2. Superuser mapping

setup

diskless clients: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client
NFS: 6.1. Setting up NFS

share command: 6.2. Exporting filesystems

enabling logging: 14.6.1. NFS server logging mechanics
exporting filesystems and: 6.2.2. Exporting options

share utility, /etc/dfs/sharetab and: 14.1. NFS administration tools

showmount command: 13.3.1.1. Identifying RPC services

14.1. NFS administration tools

slave servers: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

adding: 3.2. Basics of NIS management
adding later: 3.2.3.1. Adding slave servers later
initializing: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
installing: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
listing: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers
removing: 4.3.1. Removing an NIS slave server

slow servers, testing for: 18.1.1. Identifying NFS retransmissions

SMB (Server Message Block): 10.2.1. NFS versus SMB (CIFS)

(CIFS) security flavor: 12.2. How secure are NIS and NFS?

snoop: 13.5.1. snoop

14.3. snoop
filters: 14.3.1. Useful filters
NFS Server Logging utility: 14.6. NFS server logging

socket RPC: 1.5.3.1. Socket RPC and Transport Independent RPC

soft mounts, filesystems: 6.3.5. Hard and soft mounts

Solaris

diskless clients (see diskless clients)
mount command: 6.3.3. Mount options
NFS, export and: 6.2. Exporting filesystems

Solaris Easy Access Server (SEAS): 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

solstice command: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

source code control system (see SCCS)

source code, map files: 4.2.5. Source code control for map files

source files

domain, pushing to new: 4.4. Managing multiple domains

maps: 4.2.1. Map distribution

alternate source files: 4.2.6. Using alternate map source files

NIS maps, ASCII code: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers

source netgroup: 3.3.2. Netgroups

spray utility: 13.2.5. Gauging Ethernet interface capacity

stale filehandler error: 7.2.5. Pathnames and filehandles

stale filehandles

performance and: 18.8. Stale filehandles

Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation: 16.2. Measuring performance

stat( ), symbolic links and: 6.4.1. Resolving symbolic links in NFS

statd daemon, NFS startup: 6.1. Setting up NFS

state information: 1.4.1. TCP and UDP

recreating: 7.5.3. Recreating state information

stateful protocols: 1.4.1. TCP and UDP

static routing: A.1. Routers and their routing tables

A.2. Static routing

station addresses: 1.3.2. IP host addresses

statistics

filters: 14.3.1. Useful filters
NFS diagnostics: 14.2. NFS statistics
snoop and: 14.3. snoop

status daemon: 7.5.1. Lock and status daemons

stepping-stone mount points: 18.7. Mount point constructions

sticky-bit access, swap files: 8.4. Managing client swap space

strings, data representation and: 1.5.2. External data representation

subnetwork masks: 13.2.2. Subnetwork masks

substitutions, automounter maps: 9.4. Key and variable substitutions

Sun Microsystems: 0. Preface

superusers

domain, default: 3.3.8. NIS domains
keys, adding: 12.5.4.7. Creating keys
mapping, NFS: 12.4.2. Superuser mapping
restrictions: 12.4.2. Superuser mapping

swap files

sticky-bit access: 8.4. Managing client swap space
temporary: 8.4. Managing client swap space
VM system and: 8.1. NFS support for diskless clients

swap filesystem, AdminSuite: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

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

swapping files, ND and: 8.1. NFS support for diskless clients

switched Ethernets: 17.3.1. Switched networks

switches, networks: 17.2. Network partitioning hardware

symbolic links: 6.4. Symbolic links

absolute pathnames: 6.4.2. Absolute and relative pathnames
automounter and: 9.1.1. Indirect maps
boot blocks: 8.3.2. Getting a boot block
/export subdirectories: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client
exporting filesystems and: 6.4.3. Mount points, exports, and links
mount points construction and: 18.7. Mount point constructions
mounting filesystems and: 6.4.3. Mount points, exports, and links
mounts: 6.4. Symbolic links
relative pathnames: 6.4.2. Absolute and relative pathnames
resolving, NFS: 6.4.1. Resolving symbolic links in NFS

symmetric key encryption: 12.5.2.1. Symmetric key encryption

synchronizing time: 14.7. Time synchronization

synchronous serial line, TCP/IP: 1.1. Networking overview

system administration

NFS: 6. System Administration Using the Network File System
NIS: 4. System Management Using NIS

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