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:

 

 

 

 

Kerberos Services

Windows 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

authentication services

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retrieve account information

 

 

1. NIS Server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SFU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active Directory

Windows 2000 data store

 

 

 

2.02. AD schema extension

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