NIS+ to LDAP Migration Guide

Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration
Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information Sharing
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Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information
Sharing
Traditionally, HP-UX account and configuration information is stored in
text files like /etc/passwd and /etc/group. NIS+ is used to ease system
administration by sharing the information across systems on the
network. With NIS+, account and configuration information resides on
NIS+ servers. NIS+ client systems retrieve this shared information
across the network from NIS+ servers, as shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1 A Simplified NIS+ Environment
Map transfers
NIS+ Master
Server
NIS+ Replica
NIS+ Requests
NIS+ Replica
Server Server
NIS+ Client NIS+ ClientNIS+ Client