(Book) LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment

LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment

by Michael Haines and Tom Bialaski
September, 2003
674 pages

LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment describes best practices for planning and deploying naming services based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This book is a follow-up to the Sun BluePrints book titled Solaris and LDAP Naming Service, published in December 2000. The first book introduced LDAP concepts to Solaris system administrators who may not have been familiar with them. It also covered implementation details of the first generation of native LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE).

Much has changed since the first book was written. The directory server that ships with the Solaris OE has gone through a major revision and several minor ones. The Solaris OE authentication framework has been enhanced in Solaris 9 OE to allow incorporation of company-specific security policies. Tools and toolkits based on Java technology are available for creating customized LDAP management tools.

The Solaris 9 Operating Environment delivers the second phase of Sun's vision for the naming service of the future, and because of the popularity of the Solaris 8 OE, many Solaris 9 OE features have been backported to Solaris 8 OE. New migration tools were included in the first Solaris 9 release and others are included in subsequent updates. The directory server software became integrated in Solaris 9 OE and newer versions are incorporated into Solaris updates. This book is based primarily on the revisions or software that were available when it was written. Some comparison with older versions is included, so readers who are familiar with those versions can easily understand the differences. This book is based on the following Sun software:

• Solaris 9 4/03 OE
• Solaris 8 OE with Patch 108993-14 (or later version)
• Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 (integrated Solaris OE version)

This book is organized into the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introducing LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment
• Chapter 2, Assessing Your Needs for Naming Service Transition and Consolidation
• Chapter 3, Defining Directory Service Security Architecture
• Chapter 4, Deploying Solaris OE LDAP Naming Services
• Chapter 5, Migrating Legacy Data to LDAP
• Chapter 6, Management Tools and Toolkits
• Chapter 7, Performing Administrative Tasks
• Chapter 8, Selecting Storage for Optimum Directory Server Performance
• Chapter 9, Performing Directory Server Benchmarks
• Chapter 10, Emerging Directory Technologies