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

Installing LDAP-UX Client Services
Planning Your Installation
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If these parameters are the same for all your clients, you need only
one profile. You will need at least one profile per Active Directory
Domain Controller. In general, it is a good idea to have as few profiles
as necessary to simplify maintenance. Refer to Appendix B,
“LDAP-UX Client Services Object Classes,” on page 147 to decide
how many different profiles you need.
If you are familiar with NIS, one example is to create a separate
profile for each NIS domain.
• Where will you put your profile in your directory?
The profile contains directory access information, specifying how and
where clients can find user and group data in the directory. You can
put the profile with your user data, or in a separate configuration
area. Clients must have access to the profile and the user, as well as
the group data. The following example shows a configuration profile
DN of CN=profile1, CN=Configuration, DC=cup, DC=hp,
DC=com.
Figure 2-1 Example Directory Structure for a Single Domain
DC=cup, DC=hp, DC=com
CN=Configuration CN=Users
profile
data
group
data
user
data