NIS+ to LDAP Migration Guide

Migrating NIS+ to LDAP
Verify LDAP-UX Client Services
Chapter 236
Verify LDAP-UX Client Services
This section describes some simple ways you can verify the installation
and configuration of your LDAP-UX Client Services.
• Use the nsquery(1)
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command to test the name service:
nsquery lookup_type lookup_query [lookup_policy]
For example, to test the name service switch to resolve a username
lookup, enter:
nsquery passwd username ldap
where username is the login name of a valid user whose posix
account information is in the directory. You should see output
something like the following depending on how you have configured
/etc/nsswitch.conf:
Using "files ldap" for the passwd policy.
Searching /etc/passwd for johnw
johnw was NOTFOUND
Switch configuration: Allows fallback
Searching ldap for johnw
User name: johnw
User Id: 644
Group Id: 20
Gecos: John Bloggs,43L-C3,555-1212
Home Directory: /home/johnw
Shell: /usr/bin/ksh
Switch configuration: Terminates Search
This tests the Name Service Switch configuration in
/etc/nsswitch.conf. If you do not see output like that above, check
/etc/nsswitch.conf for proper configuration
• Use other commands to display information about users in the
directory, making sure the output is as expected:
pwget -n username
nsquery hosts host_to_find
grget -n groupname
ls -l
1. nsquery(1) is a contributed tool included with the ONC/NFS
product.