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Installation Notes

Note: This section supplements material covered by the installation script. This appendix assumes you are familiar with Network Information Systems (NIS), Domain Name Services (DNS), and UNIX name resolution concepts.

During installations of CA ControlMinder, you can use one of two options to resolve user ID to user name, group ID to group name, host IP address to host name, and service port to service name:

• Use the system functions, which define a bypass for the net cashing daemon on your system.
  • If you use Digital DEC UNIX and it is not an NIS server, the default uses the system functions for name resolution.
  • If you use Digital DEC UNIX and it is an NIS server, the installation prompts you to choose one of two options: use a lookaside database or use system functions, which define a bypass for the net caching daemon.
• Use a lookaside database, which is created by the sebuildla utility.
  • If you are using CA ControlMinder configured to run on an NIS server, use the lookaside database.
  • The installation default uses the lookaside database on the following platforms: HP-UX 11.0 and higher, Sun Solaris 2.6 and higher, IBM AIX 5.1L and higher, and all supported Linux platforms.

Note: On IBM AIX platforms, you must use the lookaside database; there is no option to use the system functions.