Hi, On my workplace, I have set up LDAP on two server (replicated). Several computers authenticate against the master and rest - against the slave.
Following services are using LDAP for authentication purposes: * samba * .htpasswd of apache * ssh * ftp * POP3s (port 993) * IMAPs (995) * sSMTP (446) Very satisfied with the solution. -- Arie On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Chaim Keren-Tzion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have to set up Centralized Authentication for a couple of data center > that will consist of 100+ servers. The servers will all be RHEL or CentOS. > No windows machines :-) > > The solution should also be RHEL, or preferably CentOS based. > > I have been leaning towards a manual setup of: LDAP + NSS + Kerberos > Something along the lines of these (2005) articles: > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8374 > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8375 > (IYHO do those 3 year old articles seem a safe/sane place to start?) > > I/we prefer a solution that we can "own", particularly regarding > familiarity with the internals and all the benefits that will provide. > However from the looks of it a home grown solution does seem a bit daunting > and my time frame is limited. > > I am aware that in the last few months there have been at least two > threads dealing with Centralized Authentication (in December: "NIS vs LDAP" > and in February: "AD Integration/Replacement") However both of those > threads had a leaning towards Windows or mixed networks. > > I'm open to suggestions. > > TIA > > Chaim > -- Arie
