The following table identifies the procedures needed to install and manage the N2L service with standard and with custom NIS–to–LDAP mappings.
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Complete all prerequisites. |
Be sure that you have properly configured your NIS server and Sun Java System Directory Server (LDAP server). | |
Set up the N2L service. |
Run inityp2l on the NIS master server to set up one of these mappings: |
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Standard mappings | |
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Custom or nonstandard mappings |
How to Set Up the N2L Service With Custom or Nonstandard Mappings |
Customize a map. |
View examples of how to create custom maps for the N2L transition. | |
Configure Sun Java System Directory Server with N2L. |
Configure and tune Sun Java System Directory Server as your LDAP server for the N2L transition. |
NIS-to-LDAP Best Practices With Sun Java System Directory Server |
Troubleshoot the system. |
Identify and resolve common N2L issues. | |
Revert to NIS. |
Revert to NIS using the appropriate map: |
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Maps based on old NIS source files | |
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Maps based on the current DIT |