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

[Erik Holst Trans]

Hi Kang,

You should get the "LDAP System Administration" by Gerald Carter. ISBN: 
1-56592-491-6 (O'Reilly & Associates Inc.)
There you will find a chapter about replacing NIS with LDAP or make a 
NIS/LDAP gateway.

Very good reading :-)

//Erik




Paul Gienger wrote:

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