Transitioning From NIS to LDAP

This chapter describes how to enable support of NIS clients that use naming information stored in the LDAP directory. By following the procedures in this chapter, you can transition from using an NIS naming service to using LDAP naming service.

To determine the benefits of transitioning to LDAP, see Overview of LDAP Naming Service.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• NIS-to-LDAP Service Overview

• Transitioning From NIS to LDAP (Task Map)

• Prerequisites for the NIS-to-LDAP Transition

• Setting Up the NIS-to-LDAP Service

• NIS-to-LDAP Best Practices With Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

• NIS-to-LDAP Restrictions

• NIS-to-LDAP Troubleshooting

• Reverting to NIS