[BBLISA] LDAP + SAMBA + NIS + PHP help

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Sean OMeara wrote:

> nis + ldap?? that's completely redundant.. do you plan on having an NIS 
> server look up its information in an ldap back end?
>
> just have the hosts look up the info from the ldap directory directly.
> You'll have the option of using ssl or tls in that configuration.

I'm still learning the real details of ldap, other than simply knowing 
it's a directory service and that some programs use it for directory 
searches.

>
> are you still planning on kerberos integration?
>

Nothing is ruled out, but setting up a DNS is not a priority right now, as 
I'm told a DNS server (A and PTR records) is required.

Right now, I'm just looking to simply have a single user login and the 
same user home directory mounted and available for either platform (WinXP 
+ Linux).

Scott

> On 8/25/07, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Continuing my single sign-on efforts, I'm adjusting things a bit -
>> incorporating NIS+Samba+LDAP on the server.
>>
>> I found an Ubuntu-based document that gives step-by-step instructions for my
>> things, and seemed to work as I was adapting some of the items to RH/CentOS.
>> Its url is:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LDAP-Samba_PDC_(for_Linux_and_Windows)
>>
>> There are other similar documents for other Unix variants, including FreeBSD.
>> Just search on http://localhost/phpldapadmin
>>
>> One of the key items it mentions is http://phpldapadmin for complete web-based,
>> graphical management of ldap.   This, obviously sounds great, but I couldn't
>> find a similar document for CentOS/RHEL 5.  Fedora 1 is the closest.
>>
>> It would be geat if someone could find one for a modern CentOS/RH distribution.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Scott
>>
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