Re: LDAP question

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl pil net>]

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Jonathan F. Dill wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> 
> I am pretty much in the same boat.  I picked up a huge tome
> "Understanding and Deploying Ldap Directory Services" by Tim Howes
> et.al. from amazon.com--it's like reading the arcane history and theory
> of how motorcycles work when all I want to do is go out and RIDE the
> motorcycle (to borrow a metaphor from Northern Exposure).

I completly agree!!

> 
> I have been using NIS and NIS+ for 5 years or so and would now like to
> migrate to LDAP.  What would be  really useful would be a migration
> guide from NIS/NIS+ to LDAP plus some migration tools, but I haven't
> found anything comprehensive yet.  Granted, I should know the "right"
> way to establish the LDAP directory heirarchies, but I don't have hours
> and hours to read through a huge tome before I get to work on it.

You have an advantage over me in that I have never used NIS/NIS+ but
I think I understand the theory.

> 
> LDAP can provide some of the same functionalities as NIS and NIS+, but
> the philosophy and organization seem very different to me.  The main
> thing I'm interested in is to be able to define new accounts in a single
> place, namely the LDAP directory, instead of having to create separate
> accounts for Unix, Windows, and e-mail.

This is what I am trying to understand also. I think it will also do 
something with DNS records. I just wish there was a HOWTO or something.
Oh well someone has to write one. If I get it working maybe I should consider
doing it.

-- 
......Tom			"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
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