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newbie Question



Dear List

I am new to LDAP and for the past few day I have been looking around on the
web for information about LDAP as it was recommended as a replacement for
NIS. The reason why I would like to use this is that I have a database of
1500 users and I would like to give them each an email account.  My
intention is to create a perl scripts to create the LDIF file.  I would like
to keep my /etc/passwd file that has 5 users separate from the LDIF file.

My question is can I use LDAP method and the /etc/passwd file separate from
each other and authenticate from both at the same time.  Can anyone
recommend websites that would explain this type of configuation?

Thanks

Gordon Stewart