On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 03:45:29PM +0100, Michaël Van de Borne wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I know this is a devel list, but I didn't find a user list.
> 
> Here's my situation:
> I'm installing Hadoop for a customer, and the Hadoop cluster is secured with
> Kerberos. I used FreeIPA as a KDC.
> The customer uses openLDAP as a directory server.
> 
> Fo now, our solution is to copy the whole openLDAP user base to FreeIPA, and
> then use FreeIPA for the identification and authorization (all the keytab
> stuff).
> But keeping openLDAP and FreeIPA in sync is a nightmare, and I was wondering
> something:
> Would it be possible to configure SSSD to simultaneously target the openLDAP
> server to identify a user, and the FreeIPA server to get the tickets?
> That way, we can avoid having to keep openLDAP and FreeIPA in sync...

In general this is possible, you can use the LDAP id_provider and the
generic KRB5 auth_provider. But in order to get a TGT from FreeIPA there
must be a user entry for this user in FreeIPA, so you still have to
sync/add all new users to FreeIPA. So I wonder if this would be an
improvement at all?

bye,
Sumit

> 
> All ideas are welcome!!
> 
> Thank you guys,
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> m.
> 

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