Topic: LDAP, Samba and server authentification

[Patrick Kessen]

Hi all,

I have several Linux servers in my network (ok ok, 3servers) and when I change a password I have to change it on the e-smith server, on my file-server and on my toyserver.

E-Smith has an LDAP service and I'm wondering if it is possible to use this LDAP service to centrally store userids and passwords for all my servers and samba services so when a user changes a password (me, my wife or my brother which only logs on remotely) it is registered on the LDAP server.
The LDAP server is then used for user authentification by all the other servers.

Patrick

[Patrick Kessen]

Hi All,

these URLs will be usefull to clarify LDAP auth.

http://members.fcac.org/samba/textdocs/LDAP.txt
http://www.surf.org.uk/patches/squid.html

the first one goes into using LDAP for samba and generic unix auth,
the 2nd one goes into using LDAP (or the patch required) as auth mechanism for squid. The squid auth is great when you don't wan't just anyone on your LAN to be able to surf the internet.

Patrick
btw. LDAP would also be very usefull as a place to store netscape profiles (bookmarks etc.)

Patrick Kessen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have several Linux servers in my network (ok ok, 3servers)
> and when I change a password I have to change it on the e-smith
> server, on my file-server and on my toyserver.
>
> E-Smith has an LDAP service and I'm wondering if it is possible
> to use this LDAP service to centrally store userids and
> passwords for all my servers and samba services so when a user
> changes a password (me, my wife or my brother which only logs
> on remotely) it is registered on the LDAP server. The LDAP
> server is then used for user authentification by all the other
> servers.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>