ldap help

[Al Gordon]

On 9/18/05, Zach <uid000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to set up an ubuntu machine as an ldap backend for user
> authentication.  I've found several informal howtos that generally
> apply debian and/or ubuntu, but they all seem to be incomplete or
> inaccurate.  After following all the information I've found, I've not
> got a patially working setup.  Among other problems, gdm hangs on
> authentication, but console authentication works.
> 
> There don't appear to be any howtos on the Ubuntu forums or the wiki
> for either client or server configuration for ldap authentication.
> Can someone point me to an accurate howto for how to configure an
> ubuntu system as an ldap server, and for how to configure an ubuntu
> client to authenticate against the ldap server?
> 
> Thanks

The most generally useful guide I've found is here:
http://www.nomis52.net/?section=docs&page=samldap

It's for Debian Sarge, not Ubuntu, and also covers integrating Samba
with OpenLDAP.  I like their approach, using phpldapadmin for creating
and managing user, group and machine accounts.  I'm fairly sure that
this guide should work with Ubuntu without modification.  Just skip
the Samba parts, and you should be all set.

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