Re: Something about Lotus Domino and (Open)LDAP

["Markus Schabel" <markus.schabel@tgm.ac.at>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fuller" <fullerms@hotmail.com>
To: "Jan-Piet Mens" <jpm@Retail-SC.com>
Cc: <openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Something about Lotus Domino and (Open)LDAP


> Hi all,
>
> > Why ? Why don't you just use the Domino LDAP task for authentication, i.e.
> point
> > your freeradius and Squid to the hostname of the Domino server ? It'll
> save you
> > headaches...
>
> True, but my Domino server will be hit with radius and squid authentication
> requests also. I would like to move that part to a different server.
> Moreover, my domino server will become a single point of failure for all
> network services. AND, budgets dictate that I cannot install another domino
> server with LDAP services.

I'll run 4 samba-domain-controllers with LDAP-authentification, also web-, ftp-
and ssh-authentification on different servers, and smtp/pop/imap
authentification on the mailserver. I think it would be best, to use Domino only
as source for LDAP-replication, and local LDAP-Servers each domain-controller.

Markus

> If I can replicate from Domino it would serve my purpose. Or better still,
> if I can populate my domino addres book through LDAP, nothing like it.
>
> Regards and thanks in advance,
> Michael Fuller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan-Piet Mens" <jpm@Retail-SC.com>
> To: "Michael Fuller" <fullerms@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Something about Lotus Domino and (Open)LDAP
>
>
> > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Michael Fuller wrote:
> >
> > > A related question here. I have a Domino Server Version 4.6 installed on
> > > windows NT 4.0.
> >
> > My answers are based on R5 but they could apply to 4.6 as well; I don't
> know.
> >
> > > This is my requirement:
> > >
> > > 1.  I want to replicate the user database to OpenLdap on Red Hat 7.3 for
> use
> > > with freeradius and squid proxy for           authentication and
> > > authorisation..
> >
> > Why ? Why don't you just use the Domino LDAP task for authentication, i.e.
> point
> > your freeradius and Squid to the hostname of the Domino server ? It'll
> save you
> > headaches...
> >
> > ...
> > > 4.  I need to give the users access to change their passwords.
> >
> > No problem. If a user has bound to Domino correctly, she can change the
> > userpassword attribute which sets the Internet password in the Domino
> directory (NAB).
> >
> >
> >
> >
>