Intro to LDAP-UX & Red Hat Directory Server

Special note

This 4hr instructor-led, lecture-only, online technical seminar is offered “live” using HP’s Virtual Training Room.

Seminar overview

This fast-paced, 4hr online lecture-only seminar is aimed at technical HP-UX staff. Red Hat Directory Server and LDAP-UX provide a flexible, robust, secure central point of administration for users, groups, and other system information, without the scalability and security issues inherent in NIS! Attend this seminar to learn more about this important HP-UX product!

Prerequisites

• The students must have previous HP-UX system administration experience

Audience

• HP-UX System Administrators
• HP-UX Senior System Administrators
• HP-UX Consultants

Ways to save

Next steps

• Attend one of our hands-on HP-UX courses from the following curriculum path: http://www.hp.com/education/currpath/hp-ux_sys_admin.html

Benefits to you

At the conclusion of this seminar you will :

• Learn key LDAP terminology and concepts
• Learn how to configure basic Red Hat Directory Server functionality
• Learn how to configure basic LDAP-UX client functionality
• Learn how to migrate /etc/passwd and /etc/group to a directory server

Seminar outline

Some of the key topics covered in this 4hr online seminar include:
LDAP features and benefits

• LDAP Concepts
• Schema
• Object Classes and Attributes
• Directory Entries
• Directory Information Trees
• DNs and RDNs
• LDIF Files
• Servers, Replicas, and LDAP Clients
• Referrals
• Security

LDAP Configuration

• LDAP Software Solutions for HP-UX
• Installing a Basic Netscape Directory Server
• Verifying a Red Hat Directory Server
• Installing an LDAP-UX Client
• Configuring /etc/nsswitch.conf
• Configuring /etc/pam.conf

LDAP Administration

• Updating Passwords via ldappasswd
• Managing Directory Entries via ldapentry