The DirXML(R) Driver for NIS 2.0 is a solution to synchronize user data between Novell(R) eDirectory and later, and UNIX data stores that contain information in Files, NIS(YP), and NIS+. It uses Identity Manager to communicate with eDirectory.
In mixed networks, eDirectory communicates with a variety of data stores spread across complex and heterogeneous computer systems in order to maintain network-wide information. On UNIX systems, such information is maintained in three different types of data stores: Files, NIS(YP), and NIS+.
Źd—v: In this document, the term NIS is used to refer to Files, NIS, and NIS+.