Installing And Configuring LDAP-UX Client Services

Configure the LDAP-UX Client Services

Press the return key if you choose to accept SIMPLE authentication method, type 2 if you choose SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication method for the following prompt:

Authentication method: [1]:

Step 14. Next enter the host name and port number of the directory where your name service data is, from Appendix A, “Configuration Worksheet,” on page 183. For high availability, each LDAP-UX client can look for name service data in up to three different directory hosts. You can enter up to three hosts, to be searched in order.

Step 15. Enter the base DN where clients should search for name service data from Appendix A, “Configuration Worksheet,” on page 183.

Step 16. You can quickly configure a Netscape directory and the first client by accepting the remaining default configuration parameters when prompted.

Table 2-1 shows the configuration parameters and the default values they will be configured with.

Table 2-1

Configuration Parameter Default Values

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

Default

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of client binding

Anonymous

 

 

 

 

Bind time limit

5 seconds

 

 

 

 

Search time limit

no limit

 

 

 

 

Use of referrals

Yes

 

 

 

 

Profile TTL (Time To Live)

0 - infinite

 

 

 

 

Use standard RFC-2307 object class attributes for

Yes

 

supported services

 

 

 

 

 

Use default search descriptions for supported services

Yes

 

 

 

 

Authentication method

Simple

 

 

 

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