1 Introduction
LDAP-UX Client Services simplifies HP-UX system administration by consolidating account and configuration information into a central LDAP directory. This LDAP directory could reside on an HP-UX system such as Netscape Directory Server 6.x, or the account information could be integrated in Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory.
Information provided in this manual outlines the installation and administration tasks of LDAP-UX Client Services with HP-UX based LDAP directories such as Netscape Directory Server 6.x.
For information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services with Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory, see LDAP-UX with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Administrator’s Guide (J4269-90041)at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet.
This chapter introduces LDAP-UX Client Services and briefly describes how it works.
Overview of LDAP-UX Client Services
Traditionally, HP-UX account and configuration information is stored in text files, for example, /etc/passwd and /etc/group. NIS was developed to ease system administration by sharing this information across systems