Authentication: NIS vs LDAP

[Kevin Wang]

depends on the app and what server you have.  At my workplace, all the
HR and IS stuff is LDAP authenticated.  the only things that aren't is
Oracle CorporateTime (because we can't get under the covers) and other
Oracle Financials products (same issue).

Everything else is ldap authenticated - logins, kerberos, https +
login, all of our custom HR applications, bug system, ticket system,
EVERYTHING.

   - Kevin

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:22:55 -0500, Brian Fahrlander
<brian at fahrlander.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 10:55, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 
> > Try permutations of "NIS yppasswd howto"
> 
>     Did.  Most of what I find is for Sun, FreeBSD or Redhat (yay!)
> 6.2-7.3 (boo!).  I've been seeking the parts of the exact error message,
> and 2-3 people have the same problem under older setups, but no answer
> was ever published.  It pretty much looks like the project is headed the
> way of Sun, itself...but on the upside, my recognition of Finnish or
> Danish is getting slightly better.  :>
> 
> >
> > >     Has anyone done this, and do you have a HOWTO you like for this?
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/NIS-HOWTO.html
> 
>     Yep, home-sweet-home.  No dice.
> 
> > Other potential sources of issues interfering here:
> > * firewalls (system-config-security, shorewall)
>     Not applicable.
> 
> > * /etc/nsswitch.conf
>     ...with a fine-toothed comb.
> 
> > * /var/yp/Makefile.
>     ...been there, too, including a comparison between the "make -C"
> method and the "service ypserv" method.  No help.
> 
>     Funny thing is, using the same things just 3-4 months ago (before
> FC1/2 as I recall) it worked on a RH8/LTSP setup....which I overlayed
> with a new Fedora installtion, thinking I could do it again.
> 
>     Maybe the question is...does LDAP seem suitable for _authentication_
> not just 'phonebook' usage?  Has anyone ere actually _tried_ it?  I've
> made that work, too, for Evolution/Outlook...it's not too hard.
> 
> 
> 
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