System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

How to Store Additional Entry Attributes in LDAP

Consult your LDAP server documentation, and create the following new attributes and object class. (LDIF data is suitable for ldapadd. Attribute and object class OIDs are for illustration only.)

dn: cn=schema
changetype: modify
add: attributetypes
attributetypes: ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.5.42.42.4.0 NAME 'nisplusEntryOwner' \
                DESC 'Opaque representation of NIS+ entry owner' \
                SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )
attributetypes:	( 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.5.42.42.4.1 NAME 'nisplusEntryGroup' \
                DESC 'Opaque representation of NIS+ entry group' \
                SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )
attributetypes:	( 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.5.42.42.4.2 NAME 'nisplusEntryAccess' \
                DESC 'Opaque representation of NIS+ entry access' \
                SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )
attributetypes:	( 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.5.42.42.4.3 NAME 'nisplusEntryTtl' \
                DESC 'Opaque representation of NIS+ entry TTL' \
                SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )

dn: cn=schema
changetype: modify
add: objectclasses

objectclasses:(1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.5.42.42.5.0 NAME 'nisplusEntryData'\
SUP top STRUCTURAL DESC 'NIS+ entry object non-column data'\

MUST ( cn ) MAY ( nisplusEntryOwner $ nisplusEntryGroup $\
nisplusEntryAccess $ nisplusEntryTtl ) )

Modify the nisplusLDAPobjectDN attribute value for the relevant table(s) so that the write portion includes the newly created nisplusEntryData object class.

For example, for the passwd.org_dir table, assuming that you are using a mapping file based on /var/nis/NIS+LDAPmapping.template, edit as follows.

nisplusLDAPobjectDN	passwd:ou=People,?one?objectClass=shadowAccount,\

                objectClass=posixAccount:\
                ou=People,?one?objectClass=shadowAccount,\
                objectClass=posixAccount,\
                objectClass=account,objectClass=top

Edit the attribute value as follows.

nisplusLDAPobjectDN	passwd:ou=People,?one?objectClass=shadowAccount,\

                objectClass=posixAccount:\
                ou=People,?one?objectClass=shadowAccount,\
                objectClass=posixAccount,\
                objectClass=nisplusEntryData,\
                objectClass=account,objectClass=top

Edit the nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn and nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute attribute values to specify any desired subset of owner, group, access, or TTL.

In Step 2, you created the LDAP attributes used to store these values. For NIS+, there are predefined pseudo-column names called zo_owner, zo_group, zo_access, and zo_ttl, respectively. For example, in order to store owner, group, and access for passwd.org_dir entries in LDAP, modify the nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn value from the following.

nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn \
		passwd:		dn=("uid=%s,", name), \
				cn=name, \
				uid=name, \
				userPassword=("{crypt$}%s", passwd), \
				uidNumber=uid, \
				gidNumber=gid, \
				gecos=gcos, \
				homeDirectory=home, \
				loginShell=shell, \
				(shadowLastChange,shadowMin,shadowMax, \
				 shadowWarning, shadowInactive,shadowExpire)=\
					(shadow, ":")

Edit to read as follows.

nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn \
		passwd:		dn=("uid=%s,", name), \
				cn=name, \
				uid=name, \
				userPassword=("{crypt$}%s", passwd), \
				uidNumber=uid, \
				gidNumber=gid, \
				gecos=gcos, \
				homeDirectory=home, \
				loginShell=shell, \
				(shadowLastChange,shadowMin,shadowMax, \
				 shadowWarning, shadowInactive,shadowExpire)=\
					(shadow, ":"), \
				nisplusEntryOwner=zo_owner, \
				nisplusEntryGroup=zo_group, \
				nisplusEntryAccess=zo_access

Similarly, to set NIS+ entry owner, group, and access from LDAP data for the passwd.org_dir table, modify the following.

nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute \
		passwd:		name=uid, \
				("{crypt$}%s", passwd)=userPassword, \
				uid=uidNumber, \
				gid=gidNumber, \
				gcos=gecos, \
				home=homeDirectory, \
				shell=loginShell, \
				shadow=("%s:%s:%s:%s:%s:%s", \
					shadowLastChange, \
					shadowMin, \
					shadowMax, \
					shadowWarning, \
					shadowInactive, \
					shadowExpire)

Edit to read as follows.

nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute \
		passwd:		name=uid, \
				("crypt$%s", passwd)=authPassword, \
				uid=uidNumber, \
				gid=gidNumber, \
				gcos=gecos, \
				home=homeDirectory, \
				shell=loginShell, \
				shadow=("%s:%s:%s:%s:%s:%s", \
					shadowLastChange, \
					shadowMin, \
					shadowMax, \
					shadowWarning, \
					shadowInactive, \
					shadowExpire), \
				zo_owner=nisplusEntryOwner, \
				zo_group=nisplusEntryGroup, \
				zo_access=nisplusEntryAccess

Upload owner, group, access, and/or TTL entry data to LDAP.

See How to Convert All NIS+ Data to LDAP in One Operation for more information.

Restart the NIS+ service in order to make the mapping change take effect.
# svcadm restart network/rpc/nisplus:default