LDAP

[Charles Austin]

Hello,
I have a mix of thin client and thick clients for Edubuntu 7.10.  I would
like to have the thick clients authenticate and mount the user's home
directory from the server.

I am guessing that LDAP and Samba is the best way to do this, but I am
thoroughly confused at the moment.

I have tried the steps at this tutorial:
http://www.debuntu.org/ldap-server-and-linux-ldap-clients
and can get the server to run (I am able to query the LDAP database while
logged into the server).

When I try to set up a thick client, I cannot get it to return anything
other than the local /etc/passwd file when I do
sudo getent passwd

Once I reboot the thick client, I am unable to login at all (I guess that
LDAP client is trying to authenticate, but failing, and also not allowing
local login).  I don't see any error messages on the server (syslog,
daemon.log) - where would LDAP errors be logged?

I see all sorts of tutorials floating around, and have tried bits and pieces
of a few.  Same results.

Any hints on a good document?

Thanks,
Charles
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