LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 Release Notes

LDAP-UX Client Services Release Notes
NIS/LDAP Gateway
Chapter 122
NIS/LDAP Gateway
This section provides basic instructions for installing the NIS/LDAP
Gateway. For complete installation and configuration instructions, see
NIS/LDAP Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
Preparing for Installation
Verify you have at least five megabytes of free disk space under /opt.
Installing the NIS/LDAP Gateway
Use the SD-UX facility for installation. See the swinstall(1M) man page
for details.
Step 1. Log in to your system as root.
Step 2. If a ypldapd server is already running on your system, terminate it with
the /sbin/initd/ypldapd stop command.
Step 3. Run swinstall and install the NisLdapServer product. This installs the
product software in /opt/ldapux. No reboot is required.
Configuration Quick Start
If your NIS maps have been migrated to an LDAP directory, you can set
up a ypldapd server with only a few steps. If you have not migrated your
NIS maps to the LDAP directory, see Installing and Administering
NIS/LDAP Gateway.
• If you have already configured other NIS/LDAP Gateway servers on
other systems, you can simply duplicate the configuration file
/opt/ldapux/ypldapd/etc/ypldapd.conf on the local system. You
may also need to duplicate the
/etc/opt/ldapux/ypldapd/etc/namingcontexts.conf and
/etc/opt/ldapux/ypldapd/etc/filters.conf files
• Otherwise, edit the file /opt/ldapux/ypldapd/etc/ypldapd.conf and
add the appropriate values according to the descriptions in the file.
Minimally you will need to update the ypdomain, ldaphost, basedn,
binddn and bindcred parameters. If you have a large LDAP
database and you are using 11.0 NIS clients, you should set