Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Sean Carolan
sure, I use webmin's LDAP Users and Groups module on every network server that I maintain. It's perfect for my needs. Yes, this is exactly what I'm trying to do. It would be perfect for our needs too. The first question that occurs to me is if you did all that. When you do 'getent

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 09:11 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: sure, I use webmin's LDAP Users and Groups module on every network server that I maintain. It's perfect for my needs. Yes, this is exactly what I'm trying to do. It would be perfect for our needs too. The first question that

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Sean Carolan
not really, have you run system-config-authentication ? That also configures pam nss which are necessary items. Yes, I have and unfortunately when the 'ldap' tags are added to /etc/nsswitch.conf the system won't allow me to authenticate, su or sudo at all! If each user shows only once

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 10:44 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: not really, have you run system-config-authentication ? That also configures pam nss which are necessary items. Yes, I have and unfortunately when the 'ldap' tags are added to /etc/nsswitch.conf the system won't allow me to

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Sean Carolan
Thanks for your patience, Craig. So I took your advice and started with a fresh install of CentOS 5, and followed the instructions in the documentation exactly as they are written. I got this far: [EMAIL PROTECTED] migration]# ./migrate_all_online.sh Enter the X.500 naming context you wish to

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 17:00 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: Thanks for your patience, Craig. So I took your advice and started with a fresh install of CentOS 5, and followed the instructions in the documentation exactly as they are written. I got this far: [EMAIL PROTECTED] migration]#

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Sean Carolan
Just so we're clear here, you are actually trying to learn two distinct things simultaneously, how to use LDAP and how to use LDAP to authenticate. They are not the same thing. If you knew how to use LDAP, adding authentication to the knowledge base would be relatively trivial. Likewise, if

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 17:49 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: Just so we're clear here, you are actually trying to learn two distinct things simultaneously, how to use LDAP and how to use LDAP to authenticate. They are not the same thing. If you knew how to use LDAP, adding authentication to the

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
:31 2008 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication Just so we're clear here, you are actually trying to learn two distinct things simultaneously, how to use LDAP and how to use LDAP to authenticate. They are not the same thing. If you knew how to use LDAP, adding

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Nicolas Sahlqvist
] To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Sat Jan 12 18:49:31 2008 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication Just so we're clear here, you are actually trying to learn two distinct things simultaneously, how to use LDAP and how to use LDAP to authenticate

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-12 Thread Sean Carolan
sure but for less than $20 and 2-3 hours, you can master LDAP and be the envy of all the guys in your office and the object of affection for all the ladies. ;-) kerberos is actually a more secure authentication system because passwords don't continually cross the network. I do plan to get

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-11 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 22:10 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: On Jan 10, 2008 6:38 PM, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 14:40 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: Can anyone point me to a how to or beginners guide to setting up LDAP authentication on CentOS5 with replication?

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-10 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 14:40 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: Can anyone point me to a how to or beginners guide to setting up LDAP authentication on CentOS5 with replication? well, if you want something that's comprehensive, I probably can't offer much. CentOS documentation definitely has some

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-10 Thread Sean Carolan
On Jan 10, 2008 6:38 PM, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 14:40 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: Can anyone point me to a how to or beginners guide to setting up LDAP authentication on CentOS5 with replication? well, if you want something that's comprehensive, I

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-10 Thread Alexander Georgiev
2008/1/10, Sean Carolan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can anyone point me to a how to or beginners guide to setting up LDAP authentication on CentOS5 with replication? http://freshmeat.net/projects/smbldap-tools/ this is what I've been using the last 4-5 years.