"LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment" is a follow-on to the Sun BluePrints book "Solaris and LDAP Naming Services", and describes the significant improvements to the Solaris LDAP client and directory server. Deploying the Solaris Secured LDAP Client is covered in detail. This Sun BluePrints book introduces NIS/NIS+ migration tools and techniques to aid in the transition to an LDAP-based naming service. Troubleshooting tips, examples of extending Solaris authentication methods, and examples of extending Solaris authentication methods using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework are provided.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Michael Haines is a principal staff engineer for Sun Microsystems, Inc. He started his career in the CTE engineering group, and has been at Sun almost 14 years. Michael has held various engineering positions within Sun, and is the coauthor of the Sun BluePrints "Solaris and LDAP Naming Services -- Deploying LDAP in the Enterprise," published in 2001.

Tom Bialaski is a senior staff engineer in the Enterprise Engineering group at Sun Microsystems. He began his career at Sun as a Systems Engineer almost 20 years ago, and has held various customer-focused engineering positions since then. Tom is the coauthor of the Sun BluePrints "Solaris and LDAP Naming Services -- Deploying LDAP in the Enterprise," published in 2001.