Re: LDAP new new new new newbie

[Buchan Milne <bgmilne@obsidian.co.za>]

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merfmeister wrote:
| Hello all,
|
| I've just started a new job and we use LDAP. I'm very new to this area
| and I am thinking of setting up OpenLDAP at home on my Mandrake 10 box
| (I installed last night :)). Is it worth it for just 1 user

No.

| and for
| testing purposes?

Yes. I have one user (me) who uses 1 desktop and 2 laptops, including a
master LDAP server, 2 slaves, 2 samba domain controllers, and almost
everything possible running against LDAP (ie no local accounts on any
boxes).

| I've been reading the FAQ's and the Admin manual
| from http://www.openldap.org but to be honest much of it doesn't
| really make much sense. I'm sure once I apply it to a practical use
| all the dots will connect.

You can get a quick start by reading these (read them all before you start)

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/samba-ldap-advanced.php
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/samba-pdc.php
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/ldap-auth2.ph

They are a bit out-of-date (so use the default config files on Mandrake
10.0 instead of the examples available from the site), but most of the
instructions etc are still valid. It's mostly new samba3 features that
are not covered.

Regards,
Buchan

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Buchan Milne                      Senior Support Technician
Obsidian Systems                  http://www.obsidian.co.za
B.Eng                                RHCE (803004789010797)
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