At 05:22 PM 2/21/2007 +0100, Rogier Krieger wrote:
On 2/21/07, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PMFJI, but could you clarify that? Requiring local accounts totally
defeats the purpose of an LDAP server.
Yes, it does. In fact, it is clearly documented in the login-ldap port
materials.
TTFR, but you missed the point I was making - LDAP is seldom used for
*machine authentication*, rather it is designed for applications like
email, file sharing, et al.
Per your comment, it appears that the discontinuity lies with *local
logins*? Service/daemon usage of LDAP that does not use a local machine
login, then, would not be affected?
I, for one, would never use LDAP for local logins - local logins are for
admins, and, as such, are few enough in number that LDAP would be more of a
pain than problem solver. Using MySQL, LDAP, BDB, et al for services such
as email, file-print sharing, possibly apache, should be independent of
local machine [logins], IMHO, reserving local users for admins.
Lee
