LDAP-UX Integration B.04.10 Release Notes

NIS/LDAP Gateway Overview
The NIS/LDAP Gateway Server (NisLdapServer subproduct) software helps HP-UX servers and
workstations more closely integrate with an LDAP directory. Specifically this product allows an
NIS client to use an LDAP directory as its repository for NIS maps. This product provides an
NIS to LDAP Gateway which converts NIS rpc requests into LDAP operations.
In this release of NIS/LDAP Gateway, there are no new or changed features. For detailed
information on known problems fixed in this release of NIS/LDAP Gateway, as well as
compatibility and installation requirements and limitations in NIS/LDAP Gateway, see the
section, “NIS/LDAP Gateway ” (page 27).
LDAP Client Administration Tools Overview
The LDAP Client Administration Tools (NisLdapClient subproduct) is a sub-component of the
LdapUxClient. This tool set can help you manage user, group, and other information in an LDAP
directory. This sub-component contains the following files::
• Migration scripts convert NIS, NIS+ maps or corresponding /etc files into LDIF files and
import them into an LDAP directory.
• Basic LDAP administration tools: ldapmodify, ldapsearch, ldapdelete,ldapentry,
and ldappasswd.
• A contributed set of entry management tools that allow you to create or modify directory
entries.
Because the NIS/LDAP Gateway software emulates an NIS server, your NIS clients can start
using an LDAP directory without installing this sub-component. However you may want to
install the LDAP Client Administration Tools on your NIS clients to allow your users to modify
their directory data, such as changing their password.
LDAP-UX Client Services
This section of these release notes contains information about LDAP-UX Client services B.04.10.
This LDAP-UX Client Services part of this document includes the following information:
• What’s New in LDAP-UX Client Services
• Known Problems Fixed in LDAP-UX Client Services
• Compatibility and Installation Requirements for LDAP-UX Client Services
• Documentation
• Known Problems and Workarounds
• Limitations in LDAP-UX Client Services
What’s New in LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.10
This release contains the following enhancements and changes:
• Dynamic Group Support
Previous LDAP-UX releases supported only static groups, which are formed by explicitly
adding each individual user to the group. This release supports dynamic groups, where
users are dynamically added to groups based on the conditional settings. The conditions
can be specified with an LDAP search filter or an LDAP URL. When a user data matches
with the conditions, she/he belongs to the dynamic group. The dynamic group offers the
advantage of flexibility, and allows administrators to easily implement a role-based
authorization policy based upon a company organizational structure. Users can be added
to or removed from a group dynamically based on their latest status. For example, one or
more attribute values in the user’s entry.
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