Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

Note – If you are using hostnames in defining defaultServerList orpreferredServerList, you MUST ensure LDAP is not used for hosts lookup. Thismeans ldap must not be in /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts line.TABLE 11–2 Client Profile Variables DefinedVariableProfile name (the default name is “default”)Definition for Example NetworkWestUserProfileServer list (defaults to the local subnet) 192.168.0.1Preferred server list (listed in order of whichserver to try first, second, and so on)Search scope (number of levels down throughthe directory tree. ’One’, the default, or ’Sub’)Credential used to gain access to server.Default is anonymousFollow Referrals? ( a pointer to another serverif the main server is unavailable) Default isno.Search time limit (default is 30 seconds) forwaiting for server to return information.Bind time limit (default is 10 seconds) forcontacting the server.Authentication method Default is none.noneone (default)proxyYdefaultdefaultsimpleNote – Client profiles are defined per domain. At least one profile must be defined fora given domain.Attribute Indexesidsconfig indexes the following list of attributes for improved performance.membernisnetgroup pres,eq,subnisnetgrouptriple pres,eq,subipHostNumber pres,eq,subuidNumberpres,eqgidNumberpres,eqChapter 11 • Setting Up Sun Java System Directory Server With LDAP Clients (Tasks) 163