LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Administrator's Guide

Introduction
How LDAP-UX Client Services Works
Chapter 1 7
After you install and configure the Active Directory and migrate your
name service data into it, HP-UX client systems locate the directory from
a start-up file. The start-up file tells the client system how to download a
configuration profile from the Active Directory.
The configuration profile is a directory entry containing configuration
information common to many clients. Storing this information in the
directory lets you maintain it in one place and share it among many
clients rather than storing it redundantly across the clients. Because the
nsquery
a
passwd
who ftp
whoami su
finger
b
rlogin
id telnet
logname dtlogin
groups remsh
newgrp
b
pwget
b
grget
b
listusers
b
logins
b
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 that use PAM and NSS (Continued)
Commands using NSS
Commands using PAM and
NSS