openldap
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I am looking for a software which would run on a server, which would allow clients from other pc's to log in on the server with their username & pw. their home folders should be located on the server. (quotas with 1000 mb e.g.) we have that at school with novell clients running on win98 & xp, but I am looking for something to run under linux. they should be able to log in on the server directly when logging in at gdm. is openldap what I need? I am not sure, on their website they say it's for storing information, but how does authentication work? thanks alot quarry |
Are you wanting to use an existing database of usernames and passwords? If so, where are they stored just now?
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of course it would be very cool if I could store them in a mysql db.
but I am open to other things, but I know mysql best. is this a possibility? hadn't thought about that, but sounds great! thanks alot quarry |
If you don't already have a user list then why not just use the shadow password file?
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please explain a bit further. you mean a pwd file on the server? where would I define not to check in the local /etc/passwd file? Shouldn't I be working with PAM & openldap? thanks |
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well I want to learn it, but I haven't been able to figure out now what I actually need. so I will try openldap and pam.
so basically I install a slapd on my server, and then? thanks |
Then start it, add your users, configure pam and that's it.
For managing your users - try these: http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/ http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/ |
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