NIS/LDAP Gateway Administrator's Guide
Table of Contents
Preface: About This Document.......................................................................................11
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................11
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition.............................................................................11
Publishing History................................................................................................................................11
What's in This document......................................................................................................................11
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................12
1 Overview of NIS/LDAP Gateway..............................................................................13
Comparing NIS and NIS/LDAP Gateway............................................................................................13
Summary of Installing and Configuring..............................................................................................15
The NIS/LDAP Gateway Components.................................................................................................16
Client Administration Tools.................................................................................................................16
2 Installing the NIS/LDAP Gateway..............................................................................19
Before You Begin...................................................................................................................................19
Plan Your Installation and Testing........................................................................................................19
Configure Your Directory.....................................................................................................................20
Install the NIS/LDAP Gateway on Your Server....................................................................................23
Import NIS Data into Your Directory...................................................................................................23
Steps to Importing Your NIS Data into Your Directory..................................................................23
Configure the NIS/LDAP Gateway.......................................................................................................23
Start the NIS/LDAP Gateway Server Daemon.....................................................................................24
Test the NIS/LDAP Gateway................................................................................................................24
Put the NIS/LDAP Gateway into Production.......................................................................................25
3 Administering the NIS/LDAP Gateway.....................................................................27
Starting and Stopping the NIS/LDAP Gateway...................................................................................27
Enabling Automatic Restart..................................................................................................................27
Adding a Client System........................................................................................................................28
Improving Performance........................................................................................................................28
Minimizing Enumeration Requests.................................................................................................28
Using Additional Processes to Handle Enumeration Requests.................................................28
Caching............................................................................................................................................28
Enabling Caching.......................................................................................................................28
Preloading the Cache with NIS Maps........................................................................................28
Setting the Frequency of Cache Refreshing...............................................................................29
Forcing a Refresh of the Cache...................................................................................................29
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................29
Log Files...........................................................................................................................................30
User Cannot Log on to Client System.............................................................................................30
4 Command and Tool Reference...................................................................................33
The ypldapd Command........................................................................................................................33
Syntax..............................................................................................................................................33
Examples..........................................................................................................................................33
The ldappasswd Command..................................................................................................................34
Syntax..............................................................................................................................................34
Examples..........................................................................................................................................34
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