Sun Directory Services

This Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) implementation provides a shared repository for user, administrator, and service configuration information. Features in this release of Sun Directory Services include:

• Conformance to LDAP v3 Internet standards

• A Remote Access Dialup User Service (RADIUS) server that provides authentication for remote users connecting to the network through a Network Access Server (NAS).

• A Network Information System (NIS) server that integrates into an existing NIS environment to provide an integrated naming service

• A complete suite of administration tools, including the Deja directory editor, a Java-implemented administration console for management of the directory, and a web gateway for access from any Java-enabled browser

Sun Directory Services is manageable from Sun Internet Administrator as an X-based application (three-tier).

Sun Directory Services allows one thousand entries in the directory before requiring a license. A license certificate for five thousand entries ships with Solaris ISP Server and must be redeemed and registered with the FlexLM license server before it takes effect. See the instructions in the Solaris ISP Server Installation Guide for details of redeeming and installing the license certificate. Additional licenses are available from your sales representative.

See Chapter 3, Using Directory Services and Chapter 6, Solaris ISP Server Directory Schema of this book for information about the role of Sun Directory Services in Solaris ISP Server.

FlexLM License Server

The FlexLM license server is used by Sun Directory Services to manage licenses of various sizes. If you already have a license server in your network (version 4.1), you can use it to serve Sun Directory Services licenses. Otherwise, install the software provided.

Sun Directory Services allows one thousand entries before requiring a license. This is sufficient to install and initialize the directory. A five thousand entry license is supplied with Solaris ISP Server. Follow the directions in the Solaris ISP Server Installation Guide for acquiring a license key and configuring the server.

ISP Directory Information API

This API provides C and Java programming language access to the directory services. The functions return information specific to the directory information tree (DIT) used by Solaris ISP Server.

LDAP Client Library

The LDAP client library is an implementation of the LDAP v3 standard. It provides support for client applications communicating with an LDAP server such as Sun Directory Services.

Sun Internet Mail Server Interoperability Support

This set of configuration files and scripts installs with the Sun Directory Services component. Once the directory and Sun Internet Mail Server are installed on their respective machines, a series of configuration steps aligns the two directory stores and sets up the Sun Internet Mail Server directory as a replicant (slave) of the main directory services. User information is shared across the two directories, but managed centrally from the master directory.

For complete information on configuring SIMS and the directory for interoperation, see the Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Installation Guide.