> > How much more would involved beyond designating > > a 'master' server where users are managed and > > setting up the others for LDAP replication? > > Won't PAM authentication against LDAP take care > > of the rest or would you still need something > > that emulates NIS from the LDAP database? > > You would need that, for instance. That'd be done through > /etc/nsswitch.conf, I'd think. > > But until you go through the process of attempting to build a running > network you won't know all the issue which need resolving. > > I'm certainly interested in doing it, but it isn't at the top of our > business priorities at present. I'll be very interested to hear the > results if anyone else gets it working.
Do you have a different plan to target the department/remote office situation as part of a larger group or will you just concentrate on the smaller offices more likely to need your other services? Using LDAP authentication seems like the simple approach, but another would be to use Ganymede (http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2/) as the master database and add scripts to update the SME copies, possibly along with other systems. Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
