[Samba] LDAP-based NIS server .vs. NIS migration to LDAP?

[Paul Gienger]

This is really something for the openldap list.

Kang Sun wrote:

>Greetings!
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>I tried to post this question to openldap group but somehow my post never
>showed up there.
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>Anyway, I built PDC using Samba3 and OPENLDAP and now like to integrade NIS
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>service to it. I searched the net there are quite a few guides on how to
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>replace NIS with LDAP.
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>However, in our environment, we have almost all sorts of Unix platforms,
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>e.g. Linux (mainly Redhat), Solaris, HPUX, AIX, IRIS, and plus some pretty
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>old OS versions. They are all NIS clients now but I don't expect they can
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>all be easily converted to to be authenticated against LDAP. For instance, I
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>don't think all of them have pam and nss ready.
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>I thought it would be easier if I can somehow build the NIS Server using
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>LDAP and maintain all NIS slaves and clients as they are, I would have an
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>easy mirgration path while achieving the goal of centralizing
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>authentication/administration of the enterprise-wide accounts on LDAP
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>server.
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>Any comments, suggestions, guidances are deeply appreciated.
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>Sincerely yours,
>
>--- Kang Sun
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