After the DIT is created, you populate the information tree with data. The data is derived from all systems that contain /etc files. Therefore, you must perform this task on those systems rather than on the server. The manner of populating the information tree depends on the planning that was described in Planning the LDAP Data Population.
Examples of files whose data would fill the information tree are:
aliases
auto_*
bootparams
ethers
group
hosts
Similarly, information from rights-related files in /etc are also added to the information tree, such as user_attr, ~/security/auth_attr, ~/security/prof_attr, and ~/security/exec_attr.
To populate the information tree, you use the ldapaddent command. You also specify the /etc file or database whose data you are loading on the tree. Some files must be loaded in sequence to obtain better performance. The files and their loading sequence are as follows:
passwd
shadow
networks
netmasks
bootparams
ethers
Note that when you are loading automounter information, the file or database name uses the naming format auto_*, such as auto_home.