LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.01 Administrator Guide for HP directory servers and Windows ADS

dn:nisMapName=auto_direct,dc=nishpind
objectClass: top
objectClass: nisMap
nisMapName: auto_directdn:cn=/mnt_direct/test1,
nisMapName=auto_direct, dc=nishpind
objectClass: top
objectClass: nisObject
nisMapName: auto_direct
cn: /mnt_direct/test1
nisMapEntry:hostA:/tmp
dn:cn=/mnt_direct/test2, nisMapname=auto_direct, dc=nishpind
objectClass: top
objectClass: nisObject
nisMapName: auto_direct
cn: /mnt_direct/test2
nisMapEntry:hostB:/tmp
nisObject limitations
The nisObject automount schema contains three attributes: cn, nisMapEntry and nisMapName.
When this schema is used, the case (lowercase or uppercase characters) is not significant; LDAP
ignores case-matching for these attributes. Consider the following example showing a partial DN:
# an indirect map named auto_test
test1 server1:/source
TEST1 server2:/source
LDAP considers the two entries redundant; it considers the second entry (cn=TEST1,
nisMapName=auto_test) a redefinition of the first (cn=test1, nisMapName=auto_test).
In other words, if two keys have names that differ only by case (such as cn=TEST1 and cn=test1),
then only one of those entries will be retrieved.
Therefore, if you use the nisObject automount map schema, do not define multiple keys that
differ only in case (lowercase characters versus uppercase).
2.5.3.2 Attribute mappings between RFC 2307-bis and nisObject schema
LDAP-UX Client Services supports attribute mappings between the RFC 2307-bis automount schema
and the nisObject automount schema. This feature enables the directory administrators to continue
using the nisObject schema if they have already deployed it.
If both the RFC 2307-bis automount schema and the nisObject schema exist in the LDAP directory
server, and you choose to use the nisObject automount schema, you must run the setup program
using the custom configuration to:
• Remap the RFC 2307-bis automount attributes to the nisObject automount attributes. The
attribute mappings are done in step 10 of the Custom Configuration. For detailed information
on how to remap the automount attributes, see Section 2.4.5.2 (page 72).
Table 10 (page 96) shows the attribute mappings:
Table 10 Mappings between RFC 2307-bis and nisObject automount attributes
nisObject Automount AttributeRFC 2307-bis Automount Attribute
nisMapnameautomountMapname
cnautomountKey
nisMapEntryautomountInformation
• Change the automount search filter for the automount service to the nisObjectsearch
filter. LDAP-UX Client Services uses the automount search filter for the automount service as
a default. The search filter change can be done in step 11 of the Custom Configuration. For
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