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

Table of Contents
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................15
1.1 Overview of LDAP-UX Client Services...........................................................................................15
1.1.1 How LDAP-UX Client Services works....................................................................................16
2 Installing and configuring LDAP-UX Client Services.................................................21
2.1 Before you begin: general installation and configuration considerations......................................21
2.2 Choosing the method of installation: guided or customized..........................................................22
2.3 Guided installation (autosetup)......................................................................................................23
2.3.1 What autosetup does...............................................................................................................25
2.3.2 Principles of the LDAP-UX domain........................................................................................27
2.3.2.1 Directory information tree (DIT).....................................................................................28
2.3.2.2 Information model..........................................................................................................29
2.3.2.2.1 Managed objects and how they are defined...........................................................29
2.3.2.2.2 Domain entity classification schema.......................................................................31
2.3.2.3 Security framework.........................................................................................................33
2.3.2.3.1 Proxy users..............................................................................................................33
2.3.2.3.2 Access control rights...............................................................................................34
2.3.2.3.3 SSL/TLS and CA/server certificates........................................................................35
2.3.3 Domains in LDAP-UX environments.....................................................................................36
2.3.4 Administrators and managers in the LDAP-UX directory server environment....................38
2.3.5 Using the guided installation autosetup command—syntax and options.............................38
2.3.5.1 autosetup options............................................................................................................39
2.3.5.2 autosetup environment variables....................................................................................41
2.3.5.3 autosetup command examples.......................................................................................43
2.3.6 Guided installation steps: New Directory Server Installation mode......................................44
2.3.6.1 Interactively running New Directory Server Installation mode ....................................45
2.3.6.2 Automating New Directory Server Installation mode....................................................49
2.3.6.3 Post-installation steps for New Directory Server Installation mode..............................50
2.3.7 Guided installation steps: Existing Directory Server Installation mode.................................50
2.3.7.1 Interactively running Existing Directory Server Installation mode................................51
2.3.7.2 Automating Existing Directory Server Installation mode..............................................53
2.3.7.3 Post-installation steps for Existing Directory Server Installation mode ........................53
2.3.8 Guided installation steps: Existing LDAP-UX Domain Installation mode.............................53
2.3.8.1 Interactively running Existing LDAP-UX Domain Installation mode............................54
2.3.8.2 Automating Existing LDAP-UX Domain Installation mode..........................................56
2.3.8.3 Post-installation steps for Existing LDAP-UX Domain Installation mode ....................56
2.4 Customized installation (setup)......................................................................................................56
2.4.1 Summary of customized installation and configuration steps...............................................57
2.4.2 Planning for your customized installation and configuration................................................59
2.4.3 Installing LDAP-UX Client Services on a client......................................................................64
2.4.4 Configuring your directory.....................................................................................................65
2.4.5 Configuring the LDAP-UX Client Services.............................................................................68
2.4.5.1 Quick configuration........................................................................................................69
2.4.5.2 Custom configuration.....................................................................................................73
2.4.5.3 Remapping attributes for services..................................................................................76
2.4.6 Configuring the LDAP-UX Client Services with SSL or TLS support....................................79
2.4.6.1 Configuration parameters...............................................................................................79
2.4.6.2 Configuring the LDAP-UX client to use SSL or TLS.......................................................79
2.4.6.2.1 Steps to create certificate database files using the certutil utility...........................80
2.4.6.2.2 Adjusting the peer certificate policy.......................................................................81
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