Hi, On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 05:17:00PM -0230, Roderick B. Greening wrote: > > > > > > Are there plans regarding ldap/kerberos user management and > > > authentication? Launchpad has quite a few old blueprints around these, > > > but I haven't been able to find information about long term plans. > > > > I would like to propose a blueprint for a base directory setup tool based > > on the OpenLDAP-DIT project: https://launchpad.net/openldap-dit. The > > current branch adds schemas and objects for DNS, DHCP, etc and these may > > be more work than I have time for. > > > > As many have noted there is a need for a tool/process to get a base > > directory created for those users who don't know a lot about LDAP. As a > > starting place using a simpler version of the openldap-dit-setup.sh script > > that just creates the base DC, OUs, admin user, etc is a reasonable goal > > for Maverick. > > > > It would be ideal if there were an easy way to setup LDAP and via some basic > questions, get you up an running. > > I'm all for helping out on such an endevour (from the "what I need it to do" > department and not the technical of LDAP.. which I am weak on). >
I think this is a great idea. Basing the work on the openldap-dit project is a
good start.
I would focus on:
1. Identifying which use cases should be covered:
* user and group management.
2. Creating a DIT that can be used to cover the use cases:
* openldap-dit is a good starting point.
3. Creating a package that asks basic questions and setup the DIT.
4. Looking into administration tools:
* CLI to cover the basic use cases - ldapscripts is useful.
I'd suggest to file a blueprint and discuss it at UDS if you wanna hash out the
plan for Maverick.
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Mathias Gug
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