The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is the secure network protocol used to access directory servers for distributed naming and other directory services. This standard based protocol supports a hierarchal database structure. The same protocol can be used to provide naming services in both UNIX and multi-platform environments.
The Oracle Solaris OS supports LDAP in conjunction with the Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition (formerly Sun Java System Directory Server), as well as other LDAP directory servers.
LDAP is described in Working With Oracle Solaris 11.2 Directory and Naming Services: LDAP , including instructions to transition from NIS to LDAP.
For information about single sign-on, as well as the setup and maintenance of Kerberos authentication services, see Chapter 2, About the Kerberos Service, in Managing Kerberos and Other Authentication Services in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .