[Fedora-directory-users] Need Help Migrating From NIS To FDS/AD

[Vadim Pushkin]

Hello Again All;

I am still without migrating from an NIS environment to AD/FDS for all of my 
machines, Windows as well as Sparc/Solaris 8-10 and Linux machines.

Back in October I started a thread that seemed to have gone nowhere and 
would like to restart this thread.

It is my understanding that I must use FDS to serve as the middleware for 
auth and perms between my UNIX machines and my AD servers, I have four of 
them. I merely wish to have my Solaris and Linux machines use the 
credentials on the AD environment versus what I am doing now, YP/NIS.

Has someone done this sucessfully?   If so, may I ask if you found a doc 
anywhere describing this?

Thank you,

/vp


>From: "George Holbert" <gholbert at broadcom.com>
>
>Vadim,
>This is a pretty big topic.
>Gary Tay has put together some docs that are a great starting point:
>http://web.singnet.com.sg/~garyttt/
>
>Sun's docs regarding Solaris clients will also be useful for you:
>http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4556
>
>One other thing:
>
>>My goal is to migrate my Solaris and Linux machines onto the AD structure 
>>for user, group, hosts, networks and netgroups map use (perhaps other maps 
>>later).
>
>If you mean that you will be using AD as your directory server, you won't 
>necessarily need to run a separate directory server like FDS.
>
>Good luck!
>
>
>Vadim Pushkin wrote:
>>Hello All;
>>
>>My current environment is using NIS (not NIS+) on Sparc Solaris 8/10 and 
>>x86 Linux, with a separate AD structure.  My goal is to migrate my Solaris 
>>and Linux machines onto the AD structure for user, group, hosts, networks 
>>and netgroups map use (perhaps other maps later).
>>
>>My questions are:
>>
>>1.  Am I correct in believing that Fedora Dir Server is able to allow me 
>>to auth to my AD DC's?  Or does FDS only perform as a conduit to the AD 
>>structure, either fine by me.
>>
>>2.  What and where do I change to aloow this on my pam.conf on my Solaris 
>>and Linux servers?
>>
>>3.  Where do I get the PAM modules to allow this to work?
>>
>>4. What additional software must I run on my RH/FC FDS server?  Should I, 
>>or can I, run two servers in case one fails?
>>
>>5.  Finally, does anyone have any written docs or a site that can help me?
>>
>>
>>Thanks very much in advance,
>>
>>.vadim