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 18
configuration information is stored in the directory, all each client needs
to know is where its profile is. Each client downloads the configuration
profile from the directory.
The profile is an entry in the directory containing details on how clients
will access the directory. These details might include where and how
clients should search the directory for user, group, and other name
service information, or other configuration parameters such as search
time limits.
Figure 1-4 The Local Start-up File and the Configuration Profile
Active Directory
LDAP-UX client
Configuration
profile
Configuration
profile
The shared configuration
profile is stored in the
directory and downloaded
to all LDAP-UX clients.
The start-up file points
to the configuration
profile in the directory.
Start-up
file