389 Directory: Possible to selfservice?

Swakoo · 06-29-2010, 03:03 AM

Hi guys,

I just setup 389 Directory on a fresh CentOS box.
I realise, or I can't seem to find, there's no way for user to change their own profile/password, aka self service.

I can access the service through localhost:9830, but that's pretty administrative on a very minimalist level.

Looking through the docs, don't seem to suggest any way to do it by default. One option is to use phpldapadmin.

Is that the only way? No out-of-box option?
Just trying to find out if I miss anything here.

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 06-29-2010, 03:58 AM

No, there's no default option. It's really not the sort of thing you'd expect to get really. You should just be able to fully integrate the user applications into the server, so that the standard password tools can change the server details.

Remember than LDAP is a generic directory server, designed to store any arbitrary data in a tree like structure. Don't think that it is only for usernames and passwords.

Swakoo · 06-29-2010, 04:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

No, there's no default option. It's really not the sort of thing you'd expect to get really. You should just be able to fully integrate the user applications into the server, so that the standard password tools can change the server details.

Remember than LDAP is a generic directory server, designed to store any arbitrary data in a tree like structure. Don't think that it is only for usernames and passwords.

Hi acid, thanks for your input.

I just found out that other than dirsrv, there's a dirsrv-admin, which is the page that loads http://localhost:9830

Was told that I can allow user to self-service through that, but I can't seem to find much option.

Can I?

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 06-29-2010, 05:11 AM

No, it's not for non-technical self service, just technical administration.

Swakoo · 06-29-2010, 06:00 AM

I see. I thought it could do it, as there are 2 sub headers within the page

Service for Users
Service for Administrator

even the server for administrator options are very limited..

guess I will try my hand at phpldapadmin

acid_kewpie · 06-29-2010, 06:01 AM

the server admin service should be used using the 389-idm-console tool, not the web interface itself, which is pants.

Swakoo · 07-01-2010, 11:51 PM

is there any options out there recommended that i can use to deploy a quick solution for users to self service?