[plug] LDAP

[Chris Griffin]

Thanks Simon,

looks like I have my next learning exercise lined up.


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:54:43 +0000, Simon Scott <simon at plumtek.com> wrote:
> Id be interested in this as well. I found very few beginner's resources for
> it, and basically learned from installing openldap and phpldapadmin, and then
> battling through installing pam_ldap etc. Its one of those technologies where
> after a while the zen of it just 'clicks' :)
> 
> It definitely worthwhile, but the main problem Ive found is that most of the
> ldap administration tools are not task specific (ie, there's no ldap user
> admin tool AFAIK) so you end up editing accounts etc through a generic editor.
> 
> My local lan now authenticates pretty much everything via ldap, including
> samba, pam, proftpd, phpgroupware, courier-imap etc. The fact that there are
> only 2 users is of secondary importance :)
> 
> Just remember not to shift your root account into LDAP and make sure your
> nsswitch is set to use files as well as LDAP. If anything goes wrong with the
> LDAP server, you can still login to fix it :)
> 
> Let me know how you go!
> 
> Chris Griffin (griffinster at gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > Greetings folks,
> >
> > Could someone please point me at something in the line of "LDAP for Dummies"?
> > I would like to get to know it a little more.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Chris Griffin
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