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Using OpenLDAP for Authentication

Overview OpenLDAP is a trimmed down Object Orientated DBMS as opposed to an RDBMS or Relational DBMS. Trimmed down means that some of the functions one might normally find in a DBMS have been omitted. This lack of function is not by any means a bad thing as it facilitates speed and compatibility across different versions of LDAP. However, because of this, some creativity is frequently required when writing scripts that manage the system. This paper describes how to use LDAP to authenticate system logins using pam_ldap and nss_ldap for a centralized authentication system for a LAN, as opposed to using the traditional NIS.

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Publisher	MandrakeSoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	June 2002	Downloads	75
Format	White Papers
Topics	Directory Services, Linux Server OS, Security Tools

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