Name Services - Solaris 9 System Administrator - page 369

Question 7

Identify the name of the BIND program used to provide DNS services.

The correct answer is the in.named program.

Question 8

Which of the following are information-type keywords that can be used in the
/etc/nsswitch.conf file? [Select all that apply.]
❑ A. hosts

❑ B. ipaddr

❑ C. protocols

❑ D. services

The correct answers are A, C, and D. ipaddr is not a valid keyword. IP address-
es are a portion of the hosts information. Therefore, answer B is incorrect.

Question 9

What are the files called that NIS uses to store the information that NIS clients
request?

The correct answer is maps .

Question 10

Which of the following commands is used to propagate a new NIS map to NIS
slave servers?
❍ A. yppush

❍ B. ypupdate

❍ C. yppropagate

❍ D. ypxfr

❍ E. ypmaps

The correct answer is D. yppush is used to propagate an existing map that has
been updated. Therefore, answer A is incorrect. Answers B, C, and E do not exist.