Name service configuration

This window specifies how the filer uses name service. After you make a change, click the Save Changes button to save the changes to the filer. To view the changes that you made, click the View Changes button. To reload the current settings from the filer, click the Reload button.

The filer can use NIS maps or database files on the filer to resolve names. For host names, the filer can also use DNS (domain name service). The buttons in this window show the order in which the database is searched. For example, for Hosts, if you select NIS, Files, and DNS, the filer first uses the NIS map to resolve a host name. If that fails, the filer uses the /etc/hosts file. If the filer still cannot resolve the name through the /etc/hosts file, it uses the DNS server.

The following list describes the fields in this window:

• Hosts specifies how the filer resolve host names.
• Passwd specifies how the filer searches the password database for determining user IDs.
• Shadow specifies how the filer searches the shadow password database for encrypted password information and password aging information used in CIFS and (PC)NFS environments.
• Group specifies how the filer searches the group database for determining user group IDs.
• Netgroups specifies how the filer searches the netgroup database in an NFS environment.