Re: PAM NSS LDAP

[luiz@pucrs.br]

Hi Philippe

I´m newbie too, but I know some URLs that explain your doubts:

>            - What's the difference between NSS and PAM ?

http://www.padl.com/OSS/pam_ldap.html
http://www.padl.com/OSS/nss_ldap.html
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200010/msg00097.html
http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/solutions/ldap-auth-pam.html

>            - When my users want login in workstation (Linux or Solaris),
I
> want that the authentification uses a base LDAP, what's the more
> appropriate between NSS and PAM

I think that usually you will need the both mechanisms.

I hope this help.
Best regards