LDAP-UX Integration B.04.20 Release Notes (June 2009)

4 NIS/LDAP Gateway
This section provides information about known problems fixed in NIS/LDAP gateway,
compatibility and installation requirements, as well as limitations in NIS/LDAP Gateway B.04.10.
The main component of the NIS/LDAP Gateway is ypldapd, a replacement for ypserv, the
NIS server. This software caches the NIS data to maintain good performance. NIS/LDAP Gateway
is compatible with the RFC2307 specification (a schema for storing Posix account and
administration data in an LDAP directory).
Because the NIS/LDAP Gateway software emulates a ypserv, your NIS clients can start using an
LDAP directory without modification. However, with this software you cannot modify your
LDAP account information from an NIS client (that is, you cannot use chfn(1), chsh(1) or passwd(1)
to change your account information). To achieve this, install the LDAP Client Administration
Tools (NisLdapClient subproduct) on some or all of your NIS clients.
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
below.
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 can be used to convert NIS, NIS+ maps or corresponding /etc files into
LDIF files and import them into an LDAP directory server.
• LDAP User and Group management tools: A set of the LDAP command-line tools that allow
you to manage user and group information in an LDAP directory server. These LDAP tools
are ldapuglist, ldapugadd, ldapcfinfo, ldapugmod and ldapugdel.
• 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 server 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.
Compatibility and Installation Requirements for NIS/LDAP Gateway
This section provides basic instructions for installing the NIS/LDAP Gateway. For complete
installation and configuration instructions, refer to NIS/LDAP Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
Hardware Requirements
An HP 9000 or HP Integrity computer system.
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