NIS+ to LDAP Migration Guide

Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration

Migration Overview

Chapter 1 3

NOTE Any user applications that are calling NIS+ APIs directly without using

the Name Service Switch (NSS) must be modiﬁed to call the

corresponding LDAP APIs to do the same task. The LDAP-UX

Integration product supports Mozilla LDAP SDK. The Mozilla LDAP

SDK is a Software Development Kit that contains a set of LDAP

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to build LDAP-enabled

clients. The functionality implemented in the SDK closely follows the

interface outlined in RFC 2251, the Lightweight Directory Access

Protocol (v3).

For detailed information on how to use the LDAP API functions

contained in the Mozilla LDAP SDK, and how to enable your client

applications to connect to the LDAP servers, refer to Mozilla LDAP C

SDK Programmer’s Guide at

http://www.mozilla.org/directory/csdk-docs/.

Documentation References

To successfully migrate from NIS+ environment to LDAP-UX

Integration environment, you must understand product features and

operation of LDAP-UX Client Services and Netscape Directory Server for

HP-UX. For detailed procedures on how to set up, install and conﬁgure

LDAP-UX Client Services and Netscape Directory Server, please consult

one or more of the following references at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet:

• LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 Administrator’s Guide

• Preparing Your Directory for HP-UX Integration

• Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide