This appendix is for SIMS engineering groups and customers who wish to develop their own tools for populating the directory with data residing in other databases. SIMS provides a tool, imldifsync, which assists in migrating users and distribution lists from NIS and NIS+ into the directory (see "Populating the Directory" on page 167), however this appendix is for administrators who wish to create customized migration tools.
This chapter describes the following:
| 1. | SIMS directory information tree (DIT) requirements, | |
| 2. | The type and format of objects and attribute values for directory entries required by SIMS. | |
| 3. | How to set up the DIT, create SIMS user and distribution list entries. | |
| 4. | The attributes that are required to be indexed for optimal performance of the mail server. |
This document assumes that the reader is familiar with, and is comfortable with installing and managing SIMS and has read the SIMS Reference Manual. Readers should also be familiar with LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif(1)). It is also assumed that the reader has read and understands the following documents.
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Definition of the inetOrgPerson ObjectClass (ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-smith-ldap-inetorgperson-00.txt). |