On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>
> hi,
>
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Brian Leung wrote:
>
> > how about the user object, do i need to add anyting attribute to there
> >
>
> if you have already added the user DN under the group DN, then there's no
> need to add any attribute on the user object. it will be looked-up on the
> group DN for the user's membership.
>
> another way of checking group membership via LDAP is utilizing the
> groupmembership_attribute on radiusd.conf. you just need to add another
> attribute which the ldap module checks if it exists on the user object.
>
> IMHO, this is more elegant if you have thousands of users belonging to
> different groups.

Yes it is. You do get into problems though if you are in a delegated
administration environment since you then allow whoever has access to the user
entry to assign the user to whatever group he wants.

>
> so for this DN,
>
> > # ronaldo, testing
> > dn: uid=ronaldo,o=testing
> > objectClass: top
> > objectClass: person
> > objectClass: organizationalPerson
> > objectClass: inetOrgPerson
> > objectClass: inetLocalMailRecipient
> > objectClass: radiusprofile
> > objectClass: posixAccount
> > objectClass: PureFTPdUser
> > cn: ronaldo
> > sn: ronaldo
> > mail: ronaldo@testing
> > uid: ronaldo
> > uidNumber: 1001
> > gidNumber: 1001
> > homeDirectory: /home/ronaldo
> > userPassword::
> > FTPuid: 1001
> > FTPQuotaMBytes: 1
> > radiusProfileDn: cn=radiusprofile2,o=testing
>
> add this attribute:
>
>  radiusGroupName: testgroup
>
> and create this:
>
> [Group DN]
>
>  # mygroup, testing
>  dn: cn=testgroup,ou=testing
>  cn: testgroup
>  objectClass: posixGroup
>  gidNumber: 1101
>
> and on radiusd.conf, set
>
>  groupmembership_attribute = radiusGroupName
>
>
> restart, radiusd and see the results.
>
> regards,
>
> ronald

Well, actually if you don't put a group DN in the radiusGroupName attribute you
don't need to create the group entry.

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