<TITLE> About Naming Services </TITLE>

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You can select "files" or a naming service (NIS, LDAP, or NIS+) when you

start up Solaris Print Manager or when you choose Select Naming

Service from the Print Manager menu. See the descriptions of each

of the choices below.

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Once you select a naming service, Print Manager will retrieve and update

printer information in the database for the specified naming service

when you add, modify, or delete a printer. Note that in addition to

the naming service map, when updating attached or network printers

the file /etc/printers.conf is also updated when a naming service

is being used.

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When you make a remote printer accessible by choosing Add Access to

Printer from the Printer menu, either the naming service map is

updated or /etc/printers.conf is updated (if "files" is selected and

no naming service is being used).

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<b>files</b>: Retrieve or update printer information from

the file /etc/printers.conf.

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<b>NIS</b>: Use the printers.conf.byname map stored in the Network

Information Service for retrieving or updating printer information.

See the ypserv(1M) man page for more information.

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<b>Note: </b>When a site is set up with a NIS master and slaves, if the

host binds to a slave, a user may not see NIS updates made through

Print Manager until the slave computers are updated. See the ypmake(1M)

man page for more information.

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<b>LDAP</b>: Use the printers map stored in the LDAP

naming service for retrieving or updating printer information.

See the ldap(1) man page for more information.

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To used the LDAP naming service the host computer must be configured as a

LDAP client, see ldapclient(1M).

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<b>Note:</b>If the host binds to a replica LDAP server, a user may not see

updates made through Print Manager until the replica is updated from the master

LDAP server.

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<b>NIS+</b>: Use the printers.org_dir map stored in the NIS+

naming service for retrieving or updating printer information.

See the nis+(1) man page for more information.

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The following privileges are needed for each naming service:

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<b>For files:</b>

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The tool must be started as root.

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<b>For NIS:</b>

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1) The tool must be started as root.

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2) The password for the NIS master will be required when you select

this naming service.

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3) For NIS servers running pre-2.6 Solaris, you need to set up an

rhosts entry on the NIS server allowing root on the print server root

access on the NIS server. You must have explicit permissions on the

NIS master server to update the maps. This means an entry for your

host name must reside in root's .rhosts file on the NIS master server.

See the hosts.equiv(4) man page for more information.

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<b>For LDAP:</b>

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1) The tool must be started as root.

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2) A fully distinguished name (DN) with update privilege and password will

be required when you select this naming service.

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<b>For NIS+:</b>

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1) The computer that Solaris Print Manager is running on must be added to the list

of principals authorized to update the NIS+ map printers.org_dir.

See the nisgrpadm(1) man page for more information.

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2) Solaris Print Manager must be started as root. Depending on

configuration the user may also need to do a keylogin. See the

keylogin(1) man page for more information.

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"name service" "naming service" name naming nis none ldap nis+

keylogin printers.conf service files

hosts.equiv nisgrpadm about services

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<SEEALSO>

ToStart

ToSelectName

Overview

HelpOnHelp

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