Installing the DirXML Driver for NIS

This section helps you meet the prerequisites for the driver and install the driver components.

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Post-Installation

Before you install and configure the DirXML^® Driver for NIS, keep in mind the following constraints:

• The DirXML Driver for NIS can be run only on the application platform; that is, the machine where the Files, NIS, or NIS+ databases exist. If Novell^® eDirectory^TM is not installed on the application platform, you must use the Remote Loader to run the driver. For more information, refer Configuring the Remote Loader.
• NIS or NIS+ should be configured before running drivers on the application platform.
• If the application platform hosts either NIS or NIS+, you must run the driver on the NIS(YP) and NIS+ master server only.
• The makedbm utility should be available on the application platform.

  This is required for the Files and NIS(YP) drivers only. This utility can be installed by installing the ypserv package.