2.1 Deployment Planning

Review Section 3.0, Installing the Linux and UNIX Driver and Section 5.0, Configuring the Linux and UNIX Driver.

Consider where and how you will install each component, and how you will respond to the installation script prompts and other installation decisions.

Is this a new installation, or are you replacing a NIS driver or Fan-Out driver Platform Services installation? For details about upgrading from the NIS driver or the Fan-Out driver, see Section 4.0, Upgrading from Another Driver.

How do you plan to prototype, test, and roll out your deployment?

Do you plan to use the include/exclude file on the connected system to limit your initial deployment to a small number of users and groups?

If you are using AIX and want to publish password changes, will you use PAM or LAM?

AIX version 5.3 can use either PAM or LAM, but previous AIX versions must use LAM.

LAM supports only the files database type. LAM does not support NIS and NIS+. If you have AIX 5.2 and need to support NIS or NIX+, you can do either of the following:

If you have AIX 5.3 or newer, /etc/security/login.cfg will include a configuration setting for auth_type. The valid values for auth_type are STD_AUTH and PAM_AUTH. Within the context of the bidirectional driver, if you choose STD_AUTH, then you must use LAM to publish password changes. If you choose PAM_AUTH, then you must use PAM to publish password changes.

If any of the systems you connect to Identity Manager are running AIX or HP-UX, you may need to replace the standard comm utility included with those operating systems. For more information, see Replacing comm Utility for AIX and HP-UX.

Do you have NIS or NIS+ clients that you want to publish password changes from?

What are the host names or IP addresses of all systems that will participate in your configuration?

Will you use the default TCP port numbers?