From: MacDonell, Dennis (DennisMacDonell@auslig.gov.au)
Date: Wed Mar 26 2003 - 23:38:09 EST
Hi,
I'm looking to setup LDAP to replace a current NIS/YP configuration.
Currently we are running with a number of versions of DU come Tru64 from
4.0E thro 5.1B. We also have a couple of Sun workstations running Solaris7
thro Solaris9. Basically we were hoping to replace all the NIS stuff, which
is being controlled by a 4.0F box at the moment. That box is an old
DECStation 3000 and I believe can be upgraded to 5.0 but that is probably
about it. We are also hoping to integrate the Sun boxes into the mix.
I'm pretty green about the whole thing. I sort of understand that going LDAP
means something like -
(a) sorting out which functions the LDAP is to handle, at this point in time
we are basically looking at the functions that NIS handles + the host
information (like machine_dn and machine_pw), some things are still a
mystery, like can LDAP replace .rhosts files, hosts.equiv, lpd.hosts, my
guess is probably not.
(b) checking that LDAP functionality is built into the appropriate apps (I
guess out of the 5.1B packet those apps should include telnet, rsh, ypcat
(or the equivalent), X11 login or XDM, rcp, ftp, rlogin, finger, etc),
(c) determining which version of the OS can handle LDAP,
(d) what flavour of LDAP will do the trick, ie OpenLDAP or the LDAP that
comes with 5.1B or Solaris9,
(e) what is involved in getting apps to be LDAP aware,
(f) set up an LDAP database and populate it with the info from the current
NIS setup,
(g) get to LDAP server working,
(h) make the clients aware that they should be using LDAP,
(i) check that the clients can talk to the LDAP server,
Or something like that.
I'd appreciate any info anyone can supply.
Dennis
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Dennis Macdonell
Systems Administrator
National Mapping Division, Geoscience Australia
mail: PO Box 2, Belconnen, ACT 2617
email: mcdonell@auslig.gov.au
ph: 61 2 6201 4326
fax: 61 2 6201 4377
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