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Using the Solaris getent command

Updated 2 Jun 2014 Read time 2 min(s) 16 sec(s) (577 visits).

The advantage of getent is that the command searches the information sources in the order in which they are configured in the name service switch file.

Configure DNS services in Solaris 11 using SMF

Updated 9 Jan 2013 Read time 1 min 19 sec(s) (1641 visits).

The previous method of modifying a configuration file to configure naming services no longer works we now reply on SMF.

How to disable NIS client on Solaris 10

Updated 4 Jul 2010 Read time 45 sec(s) (2475 visits).

This is a simple post providing the necessary steps to disable NIS client on Solaris 10.