On Tuesday 12 October 2004 23:01, Curtis Sloan wrote: > I'm confused (because I only have the vaguest of memories as to how LDAP > handles authentication), so I guess this is where I just need to do some > reading on LDAP. Â:-)
There is a "pam_ldap" module that will allow authentication via LDAP. So, in theory, I should be able to enter my username/password on my workstation, and instead of checking the local /etc/passwd file, it would check the LDAP server. I'm a little unclear on all the details at this point, but as near as I can tell, that's basically all there is to it. (other than populating the LDAP directory of course). If it helps some, I came across a HOW-TO for LDAP on Gentoo Linux. It's Gentoo specific, but does offer some insights into how LDAP authentication would work. (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ldap-howto.xml) Shawn _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
