[plug] Migrating /etc/passwd to LDAP ?

[Ronald Chan]

Anyone has successfully implemented migrating their /etc/passwd to LDAP?   here is my slapd.conf   # $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/slapd.conf,v 1.8.8.7 2001/09/27 20:00:31 kurt Exp $ # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include         /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include         /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include         /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema #include         /etc/openldap/schema/misc.schema i#nclude         /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema # Define global ACLs to disable default read access.   # Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory # service AND an understanding of referrals. #referral       ldap://root.openldap.org   pidfile         /var/run/slapd.pid argsfile        /var/run/slapd.args   # Load dynamic backend modules: # modulepath    /usr/lib/openldap/openldap # moduleload    back_ldap.la # moduleload    back_ldbm.la # moduleload    back_passwd.la moduleload      back_shell.la ####################################################################### # ldbm database definitions #######################################################################   database        ldbm suffix          "dc=rnd,dc=abc,dc=com" rootdn          "cn=rnd,dc=rnd,dc=abc,dc=com" rootpw          secret directory       /var/lib/ldap index   objectClass     eq loglevel        -1 ldap.conf   host    localhost:389 base    dc=rnd,dc=abc,dc=com ldap_version    2   Sample LDIF file   dn: uid=root,ou=People,dc=rnd,dc=abc,dc=com uid: root cn: root objectClass: account objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: top objectClass: shadowAccount userPassword: {crypt}eNtoFN7zL2Gnc shadowLastChange: 12080 shadowMax: 10000 loginShell: /bin/bash uidNumber: 0 gidNumber: 0 homeDirectory: /root gecos: root ldapadd -f passwd.ldif Suse:~ # ldapadd -f passwd.ldif -W Enter LDAP Password: adding new entry uid=root,ou=People,dc=rnd,dc=abc,dc=com ldap_add: No such object ldap_add: matched: dc=rnd,dc=abc,dc=com ldap_add: additional info: parent does not exist   Question 1   Do i need to initialize the database and how can i do it ?   Question 2   Is the migration script from padl.com is compatible with openldap 2.0   SALAMAT PO ! MGA GURU