Upgrade Information

Solaris 9 clients are fully compatible with directory servers set up to serve Solaris 8 clients. ldapclient(1M) can simply download such a profile and configure the client using version 1 profiles. However to take advantage of new features built into Solaris 9 and to use the new security model, version 2 profiles must be used.

Servers can serve a mix of both old and new clients so that both clients see the same results from the server as long as schema mapping is not enabled and version 2 profiles are not configured to use special filters in serviceSearchDescriptors. Obviously if the server is not using the default schema, older clients cannot use that server as Solaris 8 clients cannot arbitrarily map their schema.

One additional change that also should be considered is that in Solaris 8 clients, running ldap_cachemgr() was recommended, but optional. In Solaris 9, ldap_cachemgr() must be running at all times. The daemon is required for the client to function properly.

New Automount Schema

By default, Solaris 9 uses a new schema for automount entries instead of using generic NIS map schema which Solaris 8 clients used. This means that if you set up a server with Solaris 9 tools, Solaris 8 clients cannot see the automount entries. For sites where the server being setup is to serve both Solaris 9 and Solaris 8 clients, a profile can be created to map the schema to the old one before adding automounter entries. This would ensure that ldapaddent(1M) adds the entries using the old schema. However, note that this would also mean that all Solaris 9 clients must use a profile where the schema for automount is mapped.

You need to add the following mapping attributes to your profile for this mapping to take effect.

attributeMap: 		automount:automountMapName=nisMapName
attributeMap: 		automount:automountKey=cn
attributeMap: 		automount:automountInformation=nisMapEntry
objectclassMap: 	  automount:automountMap=nisMap
objectclassMap: 	  automount:automount=nisObject