Hi Simon, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:23 PM Subject: Re: Can LDAP be used to authenticate /etc/passwd ?
> 04-Dec-02 at 19:12, Sarick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > Hi all, > > Can the LDAP be used to authenticate a user whose username and password is > > stored in /etc/passwd?? > > How is the LDAP server going to read the username in /etc/passwd? > > Passwords are not stored in /etc/passwd, just usernames. > Passwords are usually in /etc/shadow, YMMV yes. My question is, can I use LDAP to authenticate the users who having the accounts on Linux , with EAP-MD5 authentication? That is, to read the usernames from /etc/passwd and passwords from /etc/shadow. How? Sarick > > -- > |-Simon White, Internet Services Manager, Certified Check Point CCSA. > |-MTDS Internet, Security, Anti-Virus, Linux and Hosting Solutions. > |-MTDS 14, rue du 16 novembre, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. > |-MTDS tel +212.3.767.4861 - fax +212.3.767.4863 > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
