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

Introduction
Overview of LDAP-UX Client Services
Chapter 1 5
Figure 1-3 A Simplified LDAP-UX Client Services Environment
In addition, the getpwent(3C) and getgrent(3C) family of system calls get
user and group information from the directory.
logins
b
nslookup
a. nsquery(1) is a contributed tool included with the
ONC/NFS product.
b. These commands enumerate the entire passwd or
group database, which may reduce network and
directory server performance for large databases.
Table 1-1 Examples of Commands and Subsystems
that use PAM and NSS (Continued)
Commands that use
NSS
Commands that use PAM and
NSS
LDAP Directory
Server
login, ftpd,
etc.
ls, who,
etc.
PAM
NSS
LDAP
requests
LDAP-UX client
ldapclientd
LDAP C SDK