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ldapux - overview of LDAP-UX
DESCRIPTION
LDAP-UX is a new service that allows administrators to use a LDAP
directory server to store information about users, groups and other
system information.
This manpage provides general information about LDAP-UX: the name ser‐
vices available, unsupported features for LDAP-UX, and where to find
detailed documentation on LDAP.
LDAP-UX Services
There are four services provided by LDAP-UX: and
·
A name service switch module that uses LDAP to retrieve system
information from a directory server using the getpwent(3C), get‐
grent(3C), gethostent(3N), getrpcent(3C), getservent(3N), getpro‐
toent(3N), getnetent(3N), and the getnetgrent(3C) families of calls.
It uses the name when configuring the file (see nsswitch.conf(4)).
A sample file named is delivered with the LDAP-UX product. For more
details, see nsswitch.conf(4).
·
A PAM(3) module that takes advantage of the authentication facility
provided by the LDAP directory server. It is configured in the file
(see pam.conf(4)). A sample file named is delivered with the LDAP-
UX product. For more details, see pam_ldap(5).
·
The service module for PAM provides functionality to allow the
administrator to control who can log into the system based on infor‐
mation found in the file or the access rules defined in the access
policy file, For detailed information, see pam_authz(5).
·
A service that provides translation of NIS requests to LDAP
requests. For more details, see ypldapd(8).
Unsupported Features
Although and support most uses of the user and group data, the follow‐
ing commands are not supported when using LDAP-UX:
not supported for LDAP-UX.
not supported for LDAP-UX.
only supported with
not supported for
LDAP-UX Documentation
Configuration of LDAP-UX is described in the documentation provided in
its file and is accomplished through the use of the program (located in
the directory). See also
For details, see and at See the manuals(5) man page for ordering infor‐
mation.
FILES
configuration file for nsswitch
example configuration file for nsswitch using ldap
configuration file for PAM
example configuration file for PAM using
directory containing configuration tools for LDAP-UX
SEE ALSOldapentry(1), ldapclientd(1M), getpwent(3C), getgrent(3C), pam(3),
ldapclientd.conf(4), nsswitch.conf(4), pam_ldap(5), ypldapd(8).
Product documentation at:
Online LDAP manuals at
(J4269-90006)
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