LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 Administrator's Guide

Administering LDAP-UX Client Services
Using The LDAP-UX Client Daemon
Chapter 494
Using The LDAP-UX Client Daemon
This section describes the following:
• the steps required to activate the client daemon
• an explanation of the administration tool ldapclientd, along with
the configuration file ldapclientd.conf
Overview
The LDAP-UX client daemon enables LDAP-UX clients t o work with
LDAP directory servers. It caches entries, supports multiple domains in
the Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Server (ADS), supports X.500
group membership, automatically downloads the configuration profiles,
reuses connections to the LDAP Directory Server, and manages the
remote LP printer configuration.
The client daemon enables LDAP-UX to use multiple domains for
directory servers like Active Directory Server (ADS). The daemon also
allows PAM Kerberos to authenticate posix users stored in multiple
domains.
Automatic Profile Downloading updates the LDAP client configuration
profile by downloading a newer copy from the directory server as the
profileTTL (Time To Live) expires.
By default, the LDAP printer configurator is enabled, the client daemon,
ldapclientd, automatically searches printer objects configured in the
LDAP server and executes lpshut, lpadmin and lpsched commands to
add, modify, and remove printers accordingly for the local system.
By default, ldapclientd starts at system boot time. The ldapclientd
command can also be used to launch the client daemon manually, or
control it when the daemon is already running. Please refer to the
following section and the ldapclientd man page(s) for information
about the ldapclientd command and its parameters.