rfc 2307

[navin]

What is the difference between rfc 2307 nis functionality and legacy nis ,ldap functionality
thanks

[Shibin_2]

RFC 2307 describes an approach to using LDAP as a network information system. Although this RFC does not specify an Internet standard, its mechanisms are widely used, and a schema to implement them (nis.schema) is included with OpenLDAP 2.x. The schema defines object classes that represent users (posixAccount and shadowAccount), groups (posixGroup), services (ipService), protocols (ipProtocol), remote procedure calls (oncRPC), hosts (ipHost), networks (ipNetwork), NIS netgroups (nisNetgroup, nisMap, nisObject), and more.

The primary function of NIS is managing configuration information and making it consistent on all machines in the network.