URL: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/518 Author: stlaz Title: #518: README to README.md Action: synchronized
To pull the PR as Git branch: git remote add ghfreeipa https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa git fetch ghfreeipa pull/518/head:pr518 git checkout pr518
From 2cf3badefd499b56738aee54407a8f1b2f12db21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stanislav Laznicka <slazn...@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:16:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Deprecate README, add README.md To make it easier to display the contents of README on the Pagure homepage, this patch converts the README contents to README.md. --- README | 92 --------------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index ad5b081..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,92 +0,0 @@ - - IPA Server - - Overview - -------- - - FreeIPA allows Linux administrators to centrally manage identity, - authentication and access control aspects of Linux and UNIX systems - by providing simple to install and use command line and web based - managment tools. - FreeIPA is built on top of well known Open Source components and standard - protocols with a very strong focus on ease of management and automation - of installation and configuration tasks. - FreeIPA can seamlessly integrate into an Active Directory environment via - cross-realm Kerberos trust or user synchronization. - - Benefits - -------- - - FreeIPA: - * Allows all your users to access all the machines with the same credentials - and security settings - * Allows users to access personal files transparently from any machine in - an authenticated and secure way - * Uses an advanced grouping mechanism to restrict network access to services - and files only to specific users - * Allows central management of security mechanisms like passwords, - SSH Public Keys, SUDO rules, Keytabs, Access Control Rules - * Enables delegation of selected administrative tasks to other power users - * Integrates into Active Directory environments - - Components - ---------- - - The FreeIPA project provides unified installation and management - tools for the following components: - - * LDAP Server - based on the 389 project (LDAP) - http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Main_Page - - * KDC - based on MIT Kerberos implementation - http://k5wiki.kerberos.org/wiki/Main_Page - - * PKI based on Dogtag project - http://pki.fedoraproject.org/wiki/PKI_Main_Page - - * Samba libraries for Active Directory integration - http://www.samba.org/ - - * DNS Server based on BIND and the Bind-DynDB-LDAP plugin - https://www.isc.org/software/bind - https://fedorahosted.org/bind-dyndb-ldap - - - Project Website - --------------- - - Releases, announcements and other information can be found on the IPA - server project page at <http://www.freeipa.org/>. - - Documentation - ------------- - - The most up-to-date documentation can be found at - <http://freeipa.org/page/Documentation>. - - Quick Start - ----------- - - To get started quickly, start here: - <http://www.freeipa.org/page/Quick_Start_Guide> - - Licensing - --------- - - Please see the file called COPYING. - - Contacts - -------- - - * If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes, - security fixes, general news and information about the IPA server - subscribe to the freeipa-announce mailing list at - <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-interest/>. - - * If you have a bug report please submit it at: - <https://bugzilla.redhat.com> - - * If you want to participate in actively developing IPA please - subscribe to the freeipa-devel mailing list at - <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel/> or join - us in IRC at irc://irc.freenode.net/freeipa diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c547b6b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +# IPA Server + +## Overview + +FreeIPA allows Linux administrators to centrally manage identity, +authentication and access control aspects of Linux and UNIX systems +by providing simple to install and use command line and web based +managment tools. +FreeIPA is built on top of well known Open Source components and standard +protocols with a very strong focus on ease of management and automation +of installation and configuration tasks. +FreeIPA can seamlessly integrate into an Active Directory environment via +cross-realm Kerberos trust or user synchronization. + +## Benefits + +FreeIPA: +* Allows all your users to access all the machines with the same credentials + and security settings +* Allows users to access personal files transparently from any machine in + an authenticated and secure way +* Uses an advanced grouping mechanism to restrict network access to services + and files only to specific users +* Allows central management of security mechanisms like passwords, + SSH Public Keys, SUDO rules, Keytabs, Access Control Rules +* Enables delegation of selected administrative tasks to other power users +* Integrates into Active Directory environments + +## Components + +The FreeIPA project provides unified installation and management +tools for the following components: +* LDAP Server - based on the 389 project (LDAP) + http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Main_Page +* KDC - based on MIT Kerberos implementation + http://k5wiki.kerberos.org/wiki/Main_Page +* PKI based on Dogtag project + http://pki.fedoraproject.org/wiki/PKI_Main_Page +* Samba libraries for Active Directory integration + http://www.samba.org/ +* DNS Server based on BIND and the Bind-DynDB-LDAP plugin + https://www.isc.org/software/bind + https://fedorahosted.org/bind-dyndb-ldap + +## Project Website + +Releases, announcements and other information can be found on the IPA +server project page at http://www.freeipa.org/. + +## Documentation + +The most up-to-date documentation can be found at +http://freeipa.org/page/Documentation. + +## Quick Start + +To get started quickly, start here: +http://www.freeipa.org/page/Quick_Start_Guide + +## Licensing + +Please see the file called COPYING. + +## Contacts + + * If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes, + security fixes, general news and information about the IPA server + subscribe to the freeipa-announce mailing list at + https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-interest/. + + * If you have a bug report please submit it at: + https://bugzilla.redhat.com + + * If you want to participate in actively developing IPA please + subscribe to the freeipa-devel mailing list at + https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel/ or join + us in IRC at irc://irc.freenode.net/freeipa From a3595be8dae7bfc6ce11ee6e4d4b55d051fc8164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stanislav Laznicka <slazn...@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:22:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update link to the bind-dyndb-ldap bind-dyndb-ldap (a.k.a Rintintin) was moved to Pagure.io --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c547b6b..cdc9cd9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ tools for the following components: http://www.samba.org/ * DNS Server based on BIND and the Bind-DynDB-LDAP plugin https://www.isc.org/software/bind - https://fedorahosted.org/bind-dyndb-ldap + https://pagure.io/bind-dyndb-ldap ## Project Website
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