Example 1–Moving Host Entries

This example shows how to move host entries from the default location to another (nonstandard) location in the DIT.

Change the nisLDAPobjectDN attribute in the NISLDAPmapping file to the new base LDAP distinguished name (DN). For this example, the internal structure of the LDAP objects is unchanged, so objectClass entries are unchanged.

Change:

nisLDAPobjectDN hosts: \
                        ou=hosts,?one?, \
                        objectClass=device, \
                        objectClass=ipHost

To:

nisLDAPobjectDN hosts: \
                        ou=newHosts,?one?, \
                        objectClass=device, \
                        objectClass=ipHost

This change causes entries to be mapped under

   dn: ou=newHosts, dom=domain1, dc=sun, dc=com

instead of under

   dn: ou=hosts, dom=domain1, dc=sun, dc=com.