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4-10 Dell PowerVault 720N, 740N, and 760N System Administrator and Command Reference Guide
2. Edit the /etc/rc file in the root volume to make sure that the option specifying the
DNS domain name is set and that the option to enable DNS is set to On.
For example:
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3. Reboot the filer or enter the commands at the filer prompt.
Result: DNS is now enabled. You no longer have to update the filers
/etc/hosts file in the root volume every time you add a new host to the network,
unless you specify files first in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file in the root volume.
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To disable DNS, enter the following command or put the command in the /etc/rc file in
the root volume to make the change permanent:
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Changing your DNS domain name: To change your DNS domain name, enter the
following command or put the command in the /etc/rc file in the root volume to make
the change permanent:
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The filer includes NIS client capabilities to query NIS servers for host-name-to-IP-
address and IP-address-to-host-name translation services.
Because the nsswitch.conf file already enables you to specify the order in which
the filer finds password information, you do not need to use + or - entries in the filers
/etc/passwd file in the root volume. Any existing + or - entries are ignored.
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The filer uses the following NIS maps:
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Shadow password information is obtained from the passwd.byname map.