On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:15:10AM -0800, Gregory Hicks wrote:
>
> I have the unenviable task of figuring out how, in a mostly Sun
> environment, to use LDAP to replace all NIS maps.
>
> We are already using LDAP to maintain hosts, passwd, and group with
> networks, services, et al to follow in the near future. This however,
> just replaces vi with the LDAP db modifying calls.
>
> Is there a method of having NIS query LDAP directly?
>

As someone already mentioned, you can try the LDAP to NIS gateway from
padl.com. For some reason I was thinking that Sun's LDAP server also
has a NIS gateway but I was wrong. In the question 5. of the NIS+ EOF
FAQ they mention:

Q. What is the future plan for NIS?
A. Through products and services Sun is enabling customers to make the
        transition to LDAP based naming services. Once these transitions
        are well underway, Sun will evaluate the appropriate time to
        formally announce the transition plan for NIS. It is likely that
        our plan will follow the one for NIS+, modified by experiences
        gained during that transition. The earliest that such an
    announcement would occur will be the Solaris 10 release.

-akop

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