Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration

Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information Sharing

 

Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information

 

Sharing

 

Traditionally, HP-UX account and configuration information is stored in

 

text files like /etc/passwd and /etc/group. NIS+ is used to ease system

 

administration by sharing the information across systems on the

 

network. With NIS+, account and configuration information resides on

 

NIS+ servers. NIS+ client systems retrieve this shared information

 

across the network from NIS+ servers, as shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1A Simplified NIS+ Environment

NIS+ Master

Server

 

Map transfers

NIS+ Replica

NIS+ Replica

Server

Server

NIS+ Requests

NIS+ Client

 

NIS+ Client

 

NIS+ Client

 

 

 

 

 

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