On Tue October 12 2004 23:11, Shawn wrote: > 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).
I see. So adding Kerberos for encryption to bolster security on the existing authentication mechanism (a gross oversimplification, but I'm tired <g>) would be the icing on the cake, so to speak. Makes good sense. > 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) Thanks! I'm too tired to do the reading tonight, but it's already bookmarked. :-) Sincerely, Curtis S. _______________________________________________ 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
