Quoting Lorenzo (2013-10-09 11:41:56) > I was checking the TODO list prepared Nick Daly and I see some > references to integrating LDAP in the FB. I tried to find more about > it but I could not find anything in the mailing list archives nor on > the wiki. I'm writing this email because I spent some time thinking > about the need of LDAP in isolated hosts some time ago and I wanted to > share my findinings.
> 1) Centralized user authentication [...] > 2) Centralized [access-controlled] configuration [...] > 3) Read only directory of users of the box [...] > Any Debian system already has [...] /etc/passwd [extendable with SASL, > PAM, Plinth, CardDAV and XMPP]. > For these reasons I think it's not necessary to put LDAP in the > freedombox. Maybe I'm overlooking something (maybe some critical > daemon is incompatible with SASL?). I hope what I wrote can be of help > in the design, I'm curious to hear what are the other opinions on this > topic. Thanks for these reflections. I look forward to some clarification for that too, as it isn't obvious to me either: Personally I haven't needed LDAP for any of the single-host systems I have ever maintained. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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