<?Pub UDT _bookmark _target?><?Pub CX solbook(?><preface id="preface-1"><?Pub Tag atict:info tracking="on" ref="0"?><?Pub Tag atict:user
user="sharonr" fullname="Sharon Veach"?><?Pub Tag atict:user user="mseif"
fullname=""?><?Pub Tag atict:user user="ee194360" fullname="ERIC ERICKSON"?><title>Preface</title><highlights><para><citetitle>Solaris Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services
(DNS, NIS and LDAP)</citetitle> describes the setup and administration of
the <trademark>Solaris</trademark> Operating System (Solaris OS) naming and directory
services: DNS, NIS, and LDAP. This manual is part of System and Network Administration
manual set for the  Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 release.</para>&platformnote;
</highlights><sect1 id="preface-9"><title id="preface-2">Who Should Use This Book</title><para>This manual is written for experienced system and network administrators.</para><para>Although this book introduces networking concepts relevant to Solaris
naming and directory services, it explains neither the networking fundamentals
nor the administration tools in the Solaris OS.</para>
</sect1><sect1 id="preface-4"><title>How This Book Is Organized</title><para>This manual is divided into parts according to the respective naming
services.</para><para>Part I: About Naming and Directory Services</para><para>Part II: DNS Setup and Administration</para><para>Part III: NIS Setup Administration</para><para>Part IV: LDAP Naming Services Setup and Administration</para><para>Part V: NSSAD Naming Services
Administration.</para>
</sect1>&sagset;<sect1 id="preface-5"><title>Related Books</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Sun Java System Directory Server <citetitle>Deployment Guide</citetitle>, which
is included with the Sun Java Enterprise System documentation</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Sun Java System Directory Server <citetitle>Administration Guide</citetitle>, which
is included with the Sun Java Enterprise System documentation</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><citetitle>DNS and Bind</citetitle>, by Cricket Liu and Paul
Albitz, (4th Edition, O'Reilly, 2001)</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><citetitle>Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services</citetitle>,
by Timothy A. Howes, Ph.D. and Mark C. Smith</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>&sundocs;&typeconv;
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