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

The documentation issues in this section apply to different locations in the System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP).

The Name Service Switch (Overview)

At the end of the section, “The Switch File and Password Information”, the following text should be added:

Avoid maintaining multiple repositories for the same user. By maintaining centralized password management in a single repository for each user, you reduce the possibilities of confusion and error. If you choose to maintain multiple repositories per user, update password information by using the passwd -r command.

passwd -r repository

If no repository is specified with the -r option, passwd updates the list of repositories in nsswitch.conf in reverse order.

LDAP Naming Services Setup and Administration

In the “LDAP Naming Services Setup and Administration” section, references to the use of the ldapclient command options are incorrect. For all Solaris 9 releases, the command syntax should be changed to the following:

Incorrect Reference	Correct Reference
`ldapclient` `-l`	`ldapclient list`
`ldapclient` `-p`	`ldapclient init` [`-a` `attribute name`]
`ldapclient` `-m`	`ldapclient mod`

For more information, see the ldapclient(1M) man page.

Transitioning from NIS to LDAP (Overview/Tasks)

In the chapter “Transitioning from NIS to LDAP (Overview/Tasks)”, Table 19-2 N2L Commands and Files should include the following additional information.

Table 4–1 Table 19–2 N2L Commands and Files


Command or File	Description
ageing.byname	A mapping used by yppasswdd to read and write password aging information to the DIT when the NIS-to-LDAP transition is implemented.

Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)

In the chapter “Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)”, Table 7-3 NIS Map Descriptions should include the following additional NIS maps.

Table 4–2 Table 7–3 NIS Map Descriptions


Map Name	Corresponding NIS Admin File	Description
auth.attr	auth.attr	Authorization names and descriptions
exec.attr	exec.attr	Profile execution attributes
prof.attr	prof.attr	Attributes for execution profiles
user.attr	user.attr	Extended attributes for users and roles
audit.user	audit.user	User auditing preselection data