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DIT Locations For NIS
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!!! Overview
Where to put [NIS] entries within LDAP [DIT]
||Default Container||Information Type
|ou=Ethers|bootparams(4), ethers(4)
|ou=Group|group(4)
|ou=Hosts|hosts(4), ipnodes(4), publickey for hosts
|ou=Aliases|aliases(4)
|ou=[Netgroup]|netgroup(4)
|ou=Networks|networks(4), netmasks(4)
|ou=[People|Passwd]|passwd(1), shadow(4), user_attr(4),audit_user(4), publickey for users
|ou=printers|printers(4)
|ou=Protocols|protocols(4)
|ou=Rpc|rpc(4)
|ou=Services|services(4)
|ou=SolarisAuthAttr|auth_attr(4)
|ou=SolarisProfAttr|prof_attr(4), exec_attr(4)
|ou=projects|project
|automountMap=auto_*|auto_*
!!ou=[Aliases]
!! ou=[people|Passwd]
Stores login and password information similar to /etc/password and /etc/shadow. The objects stored here are posixAccount and shadowAccount.
* [posixAccount] - Requires cn, uid, uidNumber, gidNumber, and homeDirectory. Optional attributes are attributes are description, gecos, loginShell, userPassword
* shadowAccount - Requires uid. Optional attributes are description, shadowLastChange, shadowMax, shadowMin, shadowWarning, shadowInactive, shadowExpire, ShadowFlag, and userPassword.
* nisKeyObject - Requires cn, nisPublicKey, and nisSecretKey. Optional attributes are uidNumber and description.
!! ou=group
Stores group information, similar to /etc/group. Objects of the type posixGroup are stored here.
* [PosixGroup] - Requires cn and [gidNumber]. Optional attributes are [description], [memberUid], and [UserPassword].
!! ou=services
Stores information about available services, similar to /etc/services. Objects of the type ipService are stored here.
* ipService - Requires cn, ipServiceProtocol, and ipServicePort.
!! ou=[protocols]
Stores information about protocols, similar to /etc/protocols. Objects of the type ipProtocols are stored here.
* ipProtocol - Requires cn and ipProtocolNumber.
!! ou=rpc
Stores information related to remote procedure calls (RPCs) similar to /etc/rpc. Objects of the type oncRPC are stored here.
*oncRPC - Requires cn and oncRpcNumber.
!!ou=hosts
Stores the host table, similar to /etc/hosts. Objects of the type ipHost are stored here.
* ipHost - Requires cn and ipHostNumber. Optional attributes are bootFile, bootParameter, description, macAddress, manager, serialNumber.
!!ou=ethers
Stores ethernet addresses, similar to /etc/ethers. Objects of the type ieee802Device and bootableDevice are stored here.
* ieee802Device - Requires cn and macAddress.
* bootableDevice - Requires cn. Optional attributes are bootFile and bootParameter.
!!ou=networks
Stores names of networks, similar to /etc/networks. Objects of the type ipNetwork are stored here.
* ipNetwork - Requires cn and ipNetworkNumber. Optional attributes are description, ipNetmaskNumber, and manager.
!!ou=netgroup
Stores [Netgroup] information in the object type nisNetwork.
* [NisNetgroup] Requires cn. Optional attributes are description, memberNisNetgroup, and [NisNetGroupTriple].
!!ou=profiles
Stores LDAP client profiles in the object type SolarisNamingProfile.
!!nismapname=auto_*
Stores automounter information as shown in [LDAP schema used by autofs].
!!! Solaris Specific
!!ou=projects
Stores project accounting information in the object type SolarisProject.
!!ou=solarisauthattr
Stores information used in Role-based Access Control authentication.
!!ou=solarisprofattr
Stores information used in Role-based Access Control authentication.
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