[Freeipa-users] NetApp Filer with IPA?

Sigbjorn Lie sigbjorn at nixtra.com
Mon Dec 12 18:34:09 UTC 2011


On 12/12/2011 04:18 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 16:13 +0100, Sigbjorn Lie wrote:
>> On Mon, December 12, 2011 15:31, Simo Sorce wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 11:55 +0100, Sigbjorn Lie wrote:
>>>
>>>> options ldap.name uid=s-netapp,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=test,dc=local options ldap.passwd
>>>> passwordforbinduser
>>> If you need a special user you can avoid polluting the normal user space
>>> by creating a user under cn=sysaccounts,cn=etc,suffix..
>>>
>>> It is a simple object, you can look at one user already there called
>>> uid=kdc, it is basically just an objectclass and a userPassword.
>>>
>>> We have no UI to create these users though, you'll have to create them
>>> manually, and they are not seen as regular users by any client, they are useuful exclusively to
>>> bind to ldap with a plaintext password.
>> Excellent!
>>
>> I suppose these are excempt from password policies? So their password will never expire...?
> Yes the password policy applies only to kerberized entities.
>
> One of the reasons to use this.
>

Cool. How much access does these accounts have? Do they have write 
access anywhere?

Rgds,
Siggi




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