!!! Overview 
[{$pagename}] when you deploy the [DirXML Driver] for [Linux] and [UNIX], you are required to select a provisioning option. 


The bi-directional driver option enables you to integrate the [NIS] user management system—commonly used in [UNIX] environments—with Novell® [eDirectory]™. As user information is added, modified or deleted in [eDirectory], the bi-directional driver ensures that all changes are reflected in any connected NIS database or management files. Likewise, as NIS database information is added, modified or deleted, the bi-directional driver seamlessly and automatically updates eDirectory.

[DirXML Driver] for Linux and UNIX supports the [NIS] and NIS+ [databases] as well as the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files—all methods of managing UNIX users. This driver also runs on the following platforms:

* Solaris [Sparc] 2.8, 2.9 or 2.10
* Red Hat [Linux] AS 2.1, 3 or 4
* IBM [AIX] 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3

The bi-directional driver greatly simplifies the process of adding new users to your network. It provides support for generating default user and group IDs—as well as home directories—when a new user or group is created in eDirectory and synchronized to the NIS databases. And with some customization, the driver can also generate default passwords for new users. When combined, all of these features allow new users to log in without any intervention from the NIS database administrator. 

!! Using the nxdrv-config Command
ou can use /usr/sbin/nxdrv-config to change the driver shim configuration. When you run this command, you are prompted for the function to perform.
{{{
> nxdrv-config
Which configuration do you want to perform?
1) Set the [DirXML Remote Loader] and Driver object passwords
2) Configure the driver for [Secure Sockets Layer] ([SSL])
3) Configure the driver to allow for remote client publishing,
   such as NIS or NIS+ clients
4) Extend the schema for Identity Manager (must be run on a
   Metadirectory server)
5) Configure [PAM] for publishing password changes
6) Configure LAM for publishing password changes
Select one configuration option [q/?]: 
}}}

!! [PAM] Integration
[PAM] integration is used to allow [Password Changes] on the platform to be published back to [eDirectory].

No [PAM] [authentication] is provided by this connector. Note: the [DirXML Fan-Out System Intercept] connector has these capabilities.


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