[Pki-users] Authentication using ldap

[Rashmi Pawar]

thank you...will try this...

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Chandrasekar Kannan <ckannan at redhat.com>wrote:

>  On 10/01/2009 02:02 AM, Rashmi Pawar wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have installed and configured the pki subsytems. I need to configure it
> for user authentication using fedora directory server installed on the same
> system. However in current environment all the user information is stored
> on Windows Active Directory server and also the authentication is being done
> by existing Windows AD server.
>
> In the console for administrator configuration: #pkiconsole https:
> server.example.com:9445/ca    I searched if i could enter the information
> of the AD server (that holds user information, that checks if user is valid)
> in "Authentication" section of the console but did not find one.
>
> I need to provide Windows ADS information in the authentication section of
> console, where do I provide the same?,
>
>
> You can't because we currently don't support this.
>
>  or is there any other way for authenticating users as the user
> information is based on another system (Windows AD Server)?
>
>
> Yes. Setup a fedora directory server instance that automagically
> synchronizes users and passwords from windows active directory using our
> "Password Sync utility". A Howto is here -
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:WindowsSync Downloads here -
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Download Once the initial sync to
> fedora directory server is complete , then you can use pkiconsole to
> authenticate to this instance.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> thanks,
> --Chandra
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Rashmi
>
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