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

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1 Introduction
LDAP-UX Client Services simplifies HP-UX system administration by
consolidating account and configuration information into a central LDAP
directory. This LDAP directory could reside on an HP-UX system such as
Netscape Directory Server 6.x, or the account information could be
integrated in Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory.
Information provided in this manual outlines the installation and
administration tasks of LDAP-UX Client Services with HP-UX based
LDAP directories such as Netscape Directory Server 6.x.
For information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services with
Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory, see LDAP-UX with Microsoft
Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Administrator’s Guide
(J4269-90041) at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet.
This chapter introduces LDAP-UX Client Services and briefly describes
how it works.
Overview of LDAP-UX Client Services
Traditionally, HP-UX account and configuration information is stored in
text files, for example, /etc/passwd and /etc/group. NIS was developed to
ease system administration by sharing this information across systems