Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
In the event that two or more addresses are returned for a hostname, use
the IP address associated with the 192.168.99.0 network. Multiple IP
addresses may be returned if the target system has more than one net-
work interface and the interfaces are on different networks.
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Services
With Solaris 9, Sun Microsystems provides a LDAP directory server as part
of the software distribution. However, only the LDAP client is listed as a test
objective.
The
ldapclient(1M)
utility is used to set up a LDAP client. It assumes that
a LDAP server is already setup and that the server is configured with a client
profile
that describes the client configuration. To initialize a LDAP client
using a profile, enter the
lpdapclient
command, the
init
command-line
argument, and specify both the profile name and domain name as command-
line arguments (following
init
), as so:
# ldapclient init -a profileName=sol9 -a domainName=sun.com
To initialize a LDAP without a profile (manually), enter the
lpdapclient
com-
mand and specify both the domain name and proxy credential information as
command-line arguments (following the
manual
command-line argument), as so:
# ldapclient manual -a domainName=sun.com \
-a credentialLevel=proxy \
-a proxyDN=cn=proxyagent,ou=profile,dc=sun,dc=com \
-a proxyPassword=proxy 192.168.0.0
Note that when using a proxy agent to provide authentication credentials to
access the LDAP server, the name of the proxy agent and its password must
be specified when the client is initialized.
Network Information Service (NIS)
NIS is a distributed name service. It is a mechanism for identifying and locat-
ing network objects and resources. It provides a uniform storage and retrieval
method for network-wide information in a platform-independent manner.
The data files (called
maps
) can be distributed among NIS servers to improve
availability but can still be managed and updated from a central location. The
second part of this chapter provides additional details regarding NIS.
Network Information Service Plus (NIS+)
NIS+ is very similar to NIS but includes many more features and improve-
ments. Unlike NIS, the NIS+ namespace is dynamic because updates can
take effect at any time by any authorized user.
