Other than operating system improvements, Microsoft also provides the Services for UNIX (SFU) product to enhance the interoperability with UNIX-based systems. SFU 2.0 has features which make setting up a mixed enterprise environment a lot easier.

The following figure illustrates the Windows 2000 components that HP-UX depends on for proper integration:

SFU 2.0

1.NIS Server

2.AD schema extension

Kerberos Services

Windows 2000

 

 

authentication services

 

Retrieve account information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active Directory

Windows 2000 data store

 

 

 

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