NIS+ to LDAP Migration Guide

Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration

Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information Sharing

Chapter 1 11

Refer to pam(3) and pam.conf(4) and to Managing Systems and

Workgroups: A Guide For System Administrators at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2/ for more information on PAM.

For information on NSS, refer to switch(4) and “Conﬁguring the Name

Service Switch” in the NFS Services Administrator’s Guide at

http://docs.hp.com.

These extensible mechanisms enable you to install and use new

authentication methods and new name services without changing the

underlying HP-UX commands. With the PAM architecture support, the

HP-UX client becomes truely integrated in the LDAP environment.

The PAM_LDAP library enables the HP-UX system to use the LDAP as a

trusted server for authentication. This means that passwords can be

stored in any syntax and also means that passwords can remain hidden

from view (preventing a decryption attack on the hashed passwords).

Because passwords can be stored in any syntax, HP-UX is able to share

passwords with other LDAP-enabled applications.