Managing NFS & NIS 2e

Covers Nfs Version 3

By: Hal Stern

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Paperback | 20 July 2001 | Edition Number 2

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A modern computer system that's not part of a network is even more of an anomaly today than it was when we published the first edition of this book in 1991. But however widespread networks have become, managing a network and getting it to perform well can still be a problem. Managing NFS and NIS, in a new edition based on Solaris 8, is a guide to two tools that are absolutely essential to distributed computing environments: the Network Filesystem (NFS) and the Network Information System (formerly called the "yellow pages" or YP). The Network Filesystem, developed by Sun Microsystems, is fundamental to most Unix networks. It lets systems ranging from PCs and Unix workstations to large mainframes access each other's files transparently, and is the standard method for sharing files between different computer systems. As popular as NFS is, it's a "black box" for most users and administrators. Updated for NFS Version 3, Managing NFS and NIS offers detailed access to what's inside, including:

How to plan, set up, and debug an NFS network
Using the NFS automounter
Diskless workstations
PC/NFS
A new transport protocol for NFS (TCP/IP)
New security options (IPSec and Kerberos V5)
Diagnostic tools and utilities
NFS client and server tuning

NFS isn't really complete without its companion, NIS, a distributed database service for managing the most important administrative files, such as the passwd file and the hosts file. NIS centralizes administration of commonly replicated files, allowing a single change to the database rather than requiring changes on every system on the network. If you are managing a network of Unix systems, or are thinking of setting up a Unix network, you can't afford to overlook this book.

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"If you administrate a collection of Unix systems of any flavour then buy this book. There will always be something of interest that will make your Unix network easier to use and manage - guaranteed. If your network involves NT interconnectivity then still buy it but read the opinion on PCNFS verses SAMBA with an open mind." - Jon Wilks, Cvu, June 2002

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Preface	p. ix
Networking Fundamentals	p. 1
Networking overview	p. 2
Physical and data link layers	p. 4
Network layer	p. 5
Transport layer	p. 12
The session and presentation layers	p. 14
Introduction to Directory Services	p. 20
Purpose of directory services	p. 20
Brief survey of common directory services	p. 22
Name service switch	p. 27
Which directory service to use	p. 27
Network Information Service Operation	p. 28
Masters, slaves, and clients	p. 29
Basics of NIS management	p. 32
Files managed under NIS	p. 40
Trace of a key match	p. 54
System Management Using NIS	p. 57
NIS network design	p. 57
Managing map files	p. 60
Advanced NIS server administration	p. 68
Managing multiple domains	p. 71
Living with Multiple Directory Servers	p. 74
Domain name servers	p. 74
Implementation	p. 77
Fully qualified and unqualified hostnames	p. 79
Centralized versus distributed management	p. 81
Migrating from NIS to DNS for host naming	p. 82
What next?	p. 83
System Administration Using the Network File System	p. 84
Setting up NFS	p. 85
Exporting filesystems	p. 86
Mounting filesystems	p. 92
Symbolic links	p. 105
Replication	p. 108
Naming schemes	p. 113
Network File System Design and Operation	p. 118
Virtual filesystems and virtual nodes	p. 119
NFS protocol and implementation	p. 120
NFS components	p. 130
Caching	p. 136
File locking	p. 142
NFS futures	p. 144
Diskless Clients	p. 147
NFS support for diskless clients	p. 148
Setting up a diskless client	p. 149
Diskless client boot process	p. 152
Managing client swap space	p. 157
Changing a client's name	p. 159
Troubleshooting	p. 160
Configuration options	p. 165
Brief introduction to JumpStart administration	p. 168
Client/server ratios	p. 169
The Automounter	p. 171
Automounter maps	p. 173
Invocation and the master map	p. 182
Integration with NIS	p. 187
Key and variable substitutions	p. 190
Advanced map tricks	p. 194
Side effects	p. 204
PC/NFS Clients	p. 206
PC/NFS today	p. 206
Limitations of PC/NFS	p. 208
Configuring PC/NFS	p. 211
Common PC/NFS usage issues	p. 212
Printer services	p. 214
File Locking	p. 216
What is file locking?	p. 216
NFS and file locking	p. 219
Troubleshooting locking problems	p. 221
Network Security	p. 226
User-oriented network security	p. 226
How secure are NIS and NFS?	p. 233
Password and NIS security	p. 234
NFS security	p. 238
Stronger security for NFS	p. 253
Viruses	p. 279
Network Diagnostic and Administrative Tools	p. 281
Broadcast addresses	p. 283
MAC and IP layer tools	p. 285
Remote procedure call tools	p. 305
NIS tools	p. 315
Network analyzers	p. 323
NFS Diagnostic Tools	p. 336
NFS administration tools	p. 336
NFS statistics	p. 340
Snoop	p. 349
Publicly available diagnostics	p. 353
Version 2 and Version 3 differences	p. 360
NFS server logging	p. 361
Time synchronization	p. 376
Debugging Network Problems	p. 379
Duplicate ARP replies	p. 379
Renegade NIS server	p. 381
Boot parameter confusion	p. 383
Incorrect directory content caching	p. 384
Incorrect mount point permissions	p. 389
Asynchronous NFS error messages	p. 391
Server-Side Performance Tuning	p. 395
Characterization of NFS behavior	p. 396
Measuring performance	p. 397
Benchmarking	p. 400
Identifying NFS performance bottlenecks	p. 401
Server tuning	p. 405
Network Performance Analysis	p. 417
Network congestion and network interfaces	p. 417
Network partitioning hardware	p. 420
Network infrastructure	p. 422
Impact of partitioning	p. 424
Protocol filtering	p. 426
Client-Side Performance Tuning	p. 428
Slow server compensation	p. 428
Soft mount issues	p. 434
Adjusting for network reliability problems	p. 436
NFS over wide-area networks	p. 438
NFS async thread tuning	p. 439
Attribute caching	p. 442
Mount point constructions	p. 444
Stale filehandles	p. 445
IP Packet Routing	p. 449
NFS Problem Diagnosis	p. 456
Tunable Parameters	p. 460
Index	p. 467
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