Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration
Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information Sharing
| Comparing LDAP and NIS+ Information |
| Sharing |
| Traditionally, |
| 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 |
Figure | A Simplified NIS+ Environment |
NIS+ Master
Server
| Map transfers |
NIS+ Replica | NIS+ Replica |
Server | Server |
NIS+ Requests
NIS+ Client |
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