Name and directory services support the location, administration, and management of network resources.
Name Services
The following name resolution methods are supported:
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
- Network Information Service (NIS) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
These methods associate computer identifiers (for example, IP addresses) with computer (host) names. This association lets you to specify computer names rather than IP addresses in dialog boxes.
Directory services
The following directory service methods are supported:
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
- Network Information Service (NIS)
These services associate identifiers with users, groups, devices, volumes, folders, and other network resources. This functionality enables administrators to specify policies for access on a broad basis, rather than explicitly on a per-resource basis, and have this information accessible throughout the network.