LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.00 Administrator's Guide

1 Introduction
This document describes how to install and configure the LDAP-UX Client Services product on
HP-UX platforms. This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible
for installing, configuring, and managing the LDAP-UX Client Services. Administrators are
expected to have knowledge of the LDAP-UX Client Services Integration product.
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LDAP-UX Client Services simplifies HP-UX system administration by consolidating account and
configuration information into a central LDAP directory. The directory can be used as a single
source repository for HP-UX authentication, authorization, and user data/account management.
The product uses the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to centralize user, group,
and network information management in the LDAP directory.
The LDAP directory can reside on any LDAP-capable directory server, with tier one support
provided for the HP-UX Directory Server (HPDS) and Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS), as well
as Windows Server 2003 R2 and 2008. A directory server helps globalize authentication and
authorization as well as management of users, accounts, and network information, across multiple
systems in a large enterprise environment. The Windows Active Directory server integrates the
respective HP-UX management functionality with Windows clients.
Information provided in this manual outlines the installation and administration tasks of LDAP
directories based on LDAP-UX Client Services and supporting the HP-UX Directory Server 8.1
(or later) and the Red Hat Directory Server 8.0.
For information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services with Windows Active Directory,
see LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.00 with Microsoft Windows Active Directory Server Administrator's
Guide at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs
Click HP-UX LDAP-UX Integration Software.
1.1 Overview of LDAP-UX Client Services
Traditionally, HP-UX account and configuration information is stored in text files, for example,
/etc/passwd and /etc/group. Network Information Service (NIS) was developed to ease
system administration by sharing this information across systems on the network. With NIS,
account and configuration information resides on NIS servers. NIS client systems retrieve this
shared configuration information across the network from NIS servers, and store the retrieved
information, as shown in Figure 1-1.
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