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

Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more informationabout roles, see “Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)” in System AdministrationGuide: Security Services.2. Use the ldapclient mod command to change the authentication method tosimple.# ldapclient mod -a authenticationMethod=simple3. Use ldapclient list to verify the change was made.# ldapclient listNS_LDAP_FILE_VERSION= 2.0NS_LDAP_BINDDN= cn=proxyagent,ou=profile,dc=west,dc=example,dc=comNS_LDAP_BINDPASSWD= {NS1}4a3788e8c053424fNS_LDAP_SERVERS= 192.168.0.1NS_LDAP_SEARCH_BASEDN= dc=west,dc=example,dc=comNS_LDAP_AUTH= simpleNS_LDAP_CREDENTIAL_LEVEL= proxyUninitializing a Clientldapclient uninit restores the client name service to what it was prior to the mostrecent init, modify, ormanual operation. In other words, it performs an “undo” onthe last step taken. For example, if the client was configured to use profile1 andwas then changed to use profile2, using ldapclient uninit would revert theclient back to using profile1.▼How to Uninitialize a Client1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more informationabout roles, see “Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)” in System AdministrationGuide: Security Services.2. Use ldapclient uninit.# ldapclient uninitSystem successfully recovered182 System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) • January 2005