Document Information
Preface
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
1. Naming and Directory Services (Overview)
2. The Name Service Switch (Overview)
Part II DNS Setup and Administration
3. DNS Setup and Administration (Reference)
Part III NIS Setup and Administration
4. Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)
5. Setting Up and Configuring NIS Service
6. Administering NIS (Tasks)
7. NIS Troubleshooting
Part IV LDAP Naming Services Setup and Administration
8. Introduction to LDAP Naming Services (Overview/Reference)
9. LDAP Basic Components and Concepts (Overview)
10. Planning Requirements for LDAP Naming Services (Tasks)
11. Setting Up Sun Java System Directory Server With LDAP Clients (Tasks)
12. Setting Up LDAP Clients (Tasks)
13. LDAP Troubleshooting (Reference)
14. LDAP General Reference (Reference)
15. Transitioning From NIS to LDAP (Overview/Tasks)
NIS-to-LDAP Service Overview
Transitioning From NIS to LDAP (Task Map)
Prerequisites for the NIS-to-LDAP Transition
Setting Up the NIS-to-LDAP Service
NIS-to-LDAP Best Practices With Sun Java System Directory Server
NIS-to-LDAP Restrictions
NIS-to-LDAP Troubleshooting
Reverting to NIS
16. Transitioning From NIS+ to LDAP
Part V Active Directory Naming Service
17. Setting Up Solaris Active Directory Clients
A. Solaris 10 Software Updates to DNS, NIS, and LDAP
Service Management Facility Changes
DNS BIND
pam_ldap Changes
Documentation Errors
Glossary
Index
The following table identifies the procedures needed to install and manage the N2L service with standard and with custom NIS–to–LDAP mappings.
Task
Description
For Instructions
Complete all prerequisites.
Be sure that you have properly configured your NIS server and Sun Java System Directory Server (LDAP server).
Set up the N2L service.
Run inityp2l on the NIS master server to set up one of these mappings:
Standard mappings
How to Set Up the N2L Service With Standard Mappings
Custom or nonstandard mappings
How to Set Up the N2L Service With Custom or Nonstandard Mappings
Customize a map.
View examples of how to create custom maps for the N2L transition.
Examples of Custom Maps
Configure Sun Java System Directory Server with N2L.
Configure and tune Sun Java System Directory Server as your LDAP server for the N2L transition.
Troubleshoot the system.
Identify and resolve common N2L issues.
Revert to NIS.
Revert to NIS using the appropriate map:
Maps based on old NIS source files
How to Revert to Maps Based on Old Source Files
Maps based on the current DIT
How to Revert to Maps Based on Current DIT Contents
