LDAP

Carwyn Edwards carwyn at carwyn.com
Tue Mar 22 16:18:45 UTC 2005


Roland Käser wrote:

> I suggesting only to have an installation option under 
> "Authentification configuration" to install an LDAP Server instead of 
> using /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.


I think "instead of using /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow" is misleading. 
Many setups that use LDAP for user auth/info still use /etc/passwd for 
system level accounts.

I agree though, the whole LDAP/Kerberos server side setup is far more 
fiddly than it needs to be atm.

Carwyn




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