Just for a follow up, I would like to thank everyone for your help in finding a solution. I found out the issue and unfortunately it was related to my stupidity. I overlooked two entries in my /etc/nsswitch.conf file and had forgotten to replace the nis and nisplus with ldap. Once I did that it worked fine. Thanks again for your help.
Bill --- Steve Cayford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > William Cody wrote: > > To address a couple of issues: > > > > With LTSP or diskless workstations there is no > hard drive in the > > systems. > > Not to quibble, but some LTSP clients do have hard > disks which hold an > etherboot image to get the booting process started. > I thought you were > referring to something like that. > > > The boot off of an application server via PXE boot > or network > > boot. On the application server there is an > lts.conf file that points > > the diskless workstation to the NIS server to > autheticate the user. > > The NIS stuff in lts.conf should only be necessary > for running local apps, it > shouldn't affect the initial login. The application > server itself is what > handles the initial login. > > > I am moving off of NIS and going to LDAP for > authetication. I have > > already setup authetication in the > system-config-authentication. I have > > everything running almost perfectly because LDAP > autheticates the users > > on the DISKED workstation (computer that has a > hard drive and is running > > FC6). > > Have you setup the application server with LDAP > authentication? Can you login > to the application server's console as an LDAP > authenticated user? > > I have my application server setup to authenticate > to an LDAP server and did > not need to make any modifications to the lts.conf > file. > > > The DISKLESS workstation booting off of the > application server > > via PXE is the one I cannot login to with my > users. The reason I cant > > login is because I am not sure what to put in the > lts.conf file to point > > the workstation in the right direction to get the > credentials for that > > users (ie: username and password). Any ideas > would be appreciated. > > > > */Steve Cayford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > > > As far as I know the diskless clients > shouldn't need to know > > anything about > > the authentication scheme. That's all handled > by your pam setup on > > the server. > > > > When you say "disked" workstation, do you mean > a workstation booting > > a full > > Linux distro off the hard drive or some sort > of etherboot situation? > > > > -Steve > > > > William Cody wrote: > > > I am having some issues that I am hoping can > be > > > resolved here. I have setup a LDAP test > environment > > > and it is going very good. This is what I > have in my > > > test environemtn: > > > > > > LDAP master > > > LDAP slave > > > 2 types of DISKLESS workstations (no hard > drive....pxe > > > boot) > > > 1 DISKED workstation (has a hard drive) > > > > > > I have my LDAP master and slave both up and > running > > > and replication working between the master > and the > > > slave. I am wanting to use LDAP to > authenticate user > > > login for the time being. In my test > environment I > > > have two types of machine I am testing this > on - a > > > DISKED workstation (has a harddrive) which I > am able > > > to login to and have my username > authenticated via > > > LDAP, so it is working fine. The one I am > having an > > > issue with is my DISKLESS workstation. I > don't know > > > what I need to add to my lts.conf file to > tell it to > > > use ldap for user authentication. Any > suggestions > > > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > > > > > > > > Steven Cayford > McNamara Academic Center > University of Minnesota > http://gopheracademics.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio > 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on > irc.freenode.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
