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.TH idmapd 1M "5 June 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "System Administration Commands"
.SH NAME
idmapd \- Native Identity Mapping service daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/lib/idmapd\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBidmapd\fR daemon maps Windows Security Identifiers (SIDs) to POSIX Identifiers (UIDs/GIDs) and conversely.
.sp
.LP
The \fBidmap\fR(1M) utility provides a front end to the \fBidmapd\fR daemon.
.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/var/idmap/idmap.db\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Database in which to store local name-based ID mapping rules. The contents of the database are private. The database should not be accessed or modified directly.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/var/run/idmap/idmap.db\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Database in which to cache ID mappings that are generated by ephemeral ID mapping and by name-based mapping. The contents of the database are private. The database should not be accessed or modified directly.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitysystem/core-os
_
Interface StabilitySee below.
.TE

.sp
.LP
Interface stability for these components is as follows:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBsvc:/system/idmap\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Committed
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/var/idmap/idmap.db\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Project Private
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/var/run/idmap/idmap.db\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Project Private
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBsvcs\fR(1), \fBidmap\fR(1M), \fBsvcadm\fR(1M), \fBsvccfg\fR(1M), \fBdefaultdomain\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBsmf\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The \fBidmapd\fR service is managed by the service management facility (SMF). The service identifier for the \fBidmapd\fR service is \fBsvc:/system/idmap\fR.
.sp
.LP
Use the \fBsvcadm\fR command to perform administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or restarting the service. These actions require the \fBsolaris.smf.manage.idmap\fR authorization. Use the \fBsvcs\fR command to query the service's status.
.sp
.LP
The functionality of this daemon might change in a future release of the Solaris operating system.