LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.00 Administrator's Guide
2.4.5.3 Remapping attributes for services
This section describes detailed procedures on how to perform attribute mappings for automount,
dynamic group and X.500 group membership services.
Attribute mappings for automount service
By default, LDAP-UX Client Services uses the RFC 2307-bis automount schema. The nisObject
automount schema can also be used if configured via attribute mappings.
Use the following steps if you want to remap the automount attributes to the nisObject
automount attributes:
1. Enter yes for the following question:
Do you want to remap any of the standard RFC 2307 attributes? [yes]:
yes
2. If you want to select the automount service, then enter 11 for the following question and
press the return key:
Specify the service you want to map? [0]:11
3. Next, it will take you to the screen which shows you the following information:
Current Automount attribute names:
1.automountMapName ->[automountMapname]
2.automountKey -> [automountKey]
3.automountInformation -> [automountInformation]
Specify the attribute you want to map. [0]:
You type 1 for the following question and press the return key:
Specify the attribute you want to map. [0]:1
4. Next, type the attribute nisMapName that you want to map to the automountMapName
attribute for the following question and press the return key:
automountMapName -> nisMapName
5. Next, it will take you to the screen which shows you the following information:
Current Automount attribute names:
1.automountMapName ->[nisMapname]
2.automountKey -> [automountKey]
3.automountInformation -> [automountInformation]
Specify the attribute you want to map. [0]:
If you want to specify the attribute to map to the automountKey attribute, then type 2 for
the following question and press the return key:
Specify the attribute you want to map. [0]:2
6. Next, type the attribute cn you want to map to the automountKey attribute and press the
return key:
automountKey -> cn
7. Next, it will take you to the screen which shows you the following information:
Current Automount attribute names:
1.automountMapName ->[nisMapname]
2.automountKey -> [cn]
3.automountInformation -> [automountInformation]
Specify the attribute you want to map. [0]:
If you want to specify the attribute to map to the automountInformation attribute , then
type 3 for the following question and press the return key:
Specify the attribute you want to map. [0]:3
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