LDAP-UX Integration B.05.01 Release Notes

3 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.
This product is not supported with Windows ADS.
3.1 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 the NIS/LDAP Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
3.1.1 Hardware requirements
An HP 9000 or HP ia64 computer system.
3.1.1.1 Memory requirements
This product has minimal memory and disk requirements. Your system should have at least 32 MB
of main memory, and at least five megabytes of free disk space under /opt.
Depending on the size of your NIS maps and if you wish to cache that data in the NIS/LDAP
Gateway server, you will need additional physical main memory, approximately two to three times
the total size of your existing NIS maps.
3.1.2 Operating system requirement
HP-UX 11i v2 and v3 on HP IA64.
3.1.3 Patch requirements
The NIS/LDAP Gateway software has no specific patch requirements.
3.1.4 Preparing for installation
Verify you have at least five megabytes of free disk space under /opt.
3.1.5 Installing the NIS/LDAP Gateway
Use the SD-UX facility for installation. For more information, see the swinstall(1M) manpage.
1. Log in to your system as root.
2. If a ypldapd server is already running on your system, terminate it with the kill(1) command.
3. Run swinstall and install the NisLdapServer product. This installs the product software int
he /opt/ldapux directory. No reboot is required.
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