Hello all, my company is currently considering moving from NIS to LDAP. I''ve begun this project using Sun''s Directory Server (Sun One or Sun Java One whatever it''s called these days). Their NIS server has a useful feature in that one can leave the NIS daemons running and configure them to use your LDAP store as their backend. This would be perfect for us as our network contains many old Unix hosts that cannot do LDAP and will need to rely on legacy NIS for some time. However, we''d like to be able to enjoy the other benefits that LDAP offers and migrate the rest of the clients at a more leisurely pace. You can see details on Sun''s N2L setup here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4556/6maort2tt?a=view Now, I realize that this may be out of the scope of the FDS project, but I thought someone here surely must have needed to do the same thing. Any suggestions? I guess I could potentially use Sun''s N2L setup against a FDS back-end... Thanks in advance... Ray
Richard Megginson
2007-May-23 00:22 UTC
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] NIS to LDAP (N2L) service?
Ray Van Dolson wrote:> Hello all, my company is currently considering moving from NIS to LDAP. > I''ve begun this project using Sun''s Directory Server (Sun One or Sun > Java One whatever it''s called these days). > > Their NIS server has a useful feature in that one can leave the NIS > daemons running and configure them to use your LDAP store as their > backend. This would be perfect for us as our network contains many old > Unix hosts that cannot do LDAP and will need to rely on legacy NIS for > some time. However, we''d like to be able to enjoy the other benefits > that LDAP offers and migrate the rest of the clients at a more > leisurely pace. > > You can see details on Sun''s N2L setup here: > > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4556/6maort2tt?a=view > > Now, I realize that this may be out of the scope of the FDS project, > but I thought someone here surely must have needed to do the same > thing. > > Any suggestions? I guess I could potentially use Sun''s N2L setup > against a FDS back-end... >That might work. I remember at one point there was an open source project to write an NIS to LDAP gateway - a quick search of google turned up nothing.> Thanks in advance... > > Ray > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >
Richard Megginson
2007-May-23 00:28 UTC
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] NIS to LDAP (N2L) service?
Norman Gaywood wrote:> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 06:22:34PM -0600, Richard Megginson wrote: > >> Ray Van Dolson wrote: >> >>> Their NIS server has a useful feature in that one can leave the NIS >>> daemons running and configure them to use your LDAP store as their >>> backend. This would be perfect for us as our network contains many old >>> Unix hosts that cannot do LDAP and will need to rely on legacy NIS for >>> some time. However, we''d like to be able to enjoy the other benefits >>> that LDAP offers and migrate the rest of the clients at a more >>> leisurely pace. >>> > > >> That might work. I remember at one point there was an open source >> project to write an NIS to LDAP gateway - a quick search of google >> turned up nothing. >> > > It''s not open source, but there is: > > http://www.padl.com/Products/NISLDAPGateway.html >There was another one, done by a student. I can''t remember where to find it. Anyone?
Norman Gaywood
2007-May-23 00:29 UTC
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] NIS to LDAP (N2L) service?
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 06:22:34PM -0600, Richard Megginson wrote:> Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >Their NIS server has a useful feature in that one can leave the NIS > >daemons running and configure them to use your LDAP store as their > >backend. This would be perfect for us as our network contains many old > >Unix hosts that cannot do LDAP and will need to rely on legacy NIS for > >some time. However, we''d like to be able to enjoy the other benefits > >that LDAP offers and migrate the rest of the clients at a more > >leisurely pace.> That might work. I remember at one point there was an open source > project to write an NIS to LDAP gateway - a quick search of google > turned up nothing.It''s not open source, but there is: http://www.padl.com/Products/NISLDAPGateway.html -- Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia Please avoid sending me Word or Power Point attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
George Holbert
2007-May-23 00:32 UTC
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] NIS to LDAP (N2L) service?
N2L can be made to work with any directory server. If you''ll want help from Sun, they of course would recommend their own server. But FDS should be fine, if you''re willing to do the work to set it up per N2L requirements. Instead of N2L, you could also roll your own LDAP-to-NIS dump scripts. PADL also makes a NIS gateway product: http://www.padl.com/Products/NISLDAPGateway.html Ray Van Dolson wrote:> Hello all, my company is currently considering moving from NIS to LDAP. > I''ve begun this project using Sun''s Directory Server (Sun One or Sun > Java One whatever it''s called these days). > > Their NIS server has a useful feature in that one can leave the NIS > daemons running and configure them to use your LDAP store as their > backend. This would be perfect for us as our network contains many old > Unix hosts that cannot do LDAP and will need to rely on legacy NIS for > some time. However, we''d like to be able to enjoy the other benefits > that LDAP offers and migrate the rest of the clients at a more > leisurely pace. > > You can see details on Sun''s N2L setup here: > > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4556/6maort2tt?a=view > > Now, I realize that this may be out of the scope of the FDS project, > but I thought someone here surely must have needed to do the same > thing. > > Any suggestions? I guess I could potentially use Sun''s N2L setup > against a FDS back-end... > > Thanks in advance... > > Ray >
Cédric Delfosse
2007-May-23 12:31 UTC
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] NIS to LDAP (N2L) service?
Le mardi 22 mai 2007 à 18:28 -0600, Richard Megginson a écrit :> Norman Gaywood wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 06:22:34PM -0600, Richard Megginson wrote: > > > >> Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >> > >>> Their NIS server has a useful feature in that one can leave the NIS > >>> daemons running and configure them to use your LDAP store as their > >>> backend. This would be perfect for us as our network contains many old > >>> Unix hosts that cannot do LDAP and will need to rely on legacy NIS for > >>> some time. However, we''d like to be able to enjoy the other benefits > >>> that LDAP offers and migrate the rest of the clients at a more > >>> leisurely pace. > >>> > > > > > >> That might work. I remember at one point there was an open source > >> project to write an NIS to LDAP gateway - a quick search of google > >> turned up nothing. > >> > > > > It''s not open source, but there is: > > > > http://www.padl.com/Products/NISLDAPGateway.html > > > There was another one, done by a student. I can''t remember where to > find it. Anyone?http://ypanything.sourceforge.net/ ? Regards, -- Cedric Delfosse Linbox / Free&ALter Soft 152, rue de Grigy - Technopole Metz 57070 METZ - FRANCE tel: +33 (0)3 87 50 87 90 http://linbox.com