Re: Enterprise LDAP authentication

2009-02-17 Thread Shawn Wells

John Summerfield wrote:

Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] wrote:

We have a new client requesting to use the enterprise ldap server
(running on a windows box I think). First reading indicates I can run
an ldap server on a zlinux machine and point it to the enterprise ldap
server for authentication. I found the Redhat rpms.

Anybody know any gotchas or recommendations.


I don'tm but to add to the confusion:-) there's also Red Hat Directory
Server.




If all you're doing is connecting into a remote LDAP server, you don't
need to run a local one.  You should be able to use openldap-clients,
then run authconfig-tui to tie into it.  You'll need your baseDN info.

Authenticating Linux against Windows AD is spelt out at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-3639.pdf;jsessionid=E0D00EA7230FC2DA119FDD73BFBE42CE.066ef7ba

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Enterprise LDAP authentication

2009-02-10 Thread Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]
We have a new client requesting to use the enterprise ldap server (running on a 
windows box I think). First reading indicates I can run an ldap server on a 
zlinux machine and point it to the enterprise ldap server for authentication. I 
found the Redhat rpms.

Anybody know any gotchas or recommendations.

Bobby Bauer
Center for Information Technology
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-5628
301-594-7474

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Re: Enterprise LDAP authentication

2009-02-10 Thread John Summerfield

Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] wrote:

We have a new client requesting to use the enterprise ldap server (running on a 
windows box I think). First reading indicates I can run an ldap server on a 
zlinux machine and point it to the enterprise ldap server for authentication. I 
found the Redhat rpms.

Anybody know any gotchas or recommendations.


I don'tm but to add to the confusion:-) there's also Red Hat Directory
Server.



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