Introduction
Overview of LDAP-UX Client Services
passwords may not only be stored in any syntax but also means that passwords may remain hidden from view (preventing a decryption attack on the hashed passwords). Because passwords may be stored in any syntax, HP-UX will be able to share passwords with other LDAP-enabled applications.
With LDAP-UX Client Services B.03.20 or later versions, the client daemon, ldapclientd, becomes the center of the product. It supports all NSS backend services for LDAP and data enumeration. It also supports PAM_LDAP for authentication and password change.
With LDAP-UX Client Services, HP-UX commands and subsystems can transparently access name service information from the LDAP directory through ldapclientd. The following table shows some examples of commands and subsystems that use PAM and NSS:
Table 1-1 | Examples of Commands and Subsystems |
| that use PAM and NSS |
| | |
Commands that use | Commands that use PAM and | |
NSS | | NSS | |
| | | |
ls | | login | |
| | | |
nsquerya | | passwd | |
who | | ftp | |
| | | |
whoami | | su | |
| | | |
fingerb | | rlogin | |
id | | telnet | |
| | | |
logname | | dtlogin | |
| | | |
groupsb | | remsh | |
newgrpb | | | |
pwgetb | | | |
grgetb | | | |
listusersb | | | |