Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 14:10:49 +0200 From: Marc Schoechlin <ms@LF.net> To: vezku@surfeu.fi Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: enteprise account management Message-ID: <20030614121049.GA57026@LF.net> In-Reply-To: <4490.62.142.81.6.1055486140.squirrel@redbull.tiscali.fi> References: <4490.62.142.81.6.1055486140.squirrel@redbull.tiscali.fi>
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Hi ! On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:35:40AM +0300, vezku@surfeu.fi wrote: > I'm planning to run FreeBSD on a system with +5000 shell/mail accounts. > What account management solutions are available? New account applications > will be made via a web form so this feature would be good. > Am I stuck with making my own scripts? Are there any good commercial > systems out there? I've heard about Novell solutions, but they are damn > expensive. Thanks. What`s about using OpenLDAP ? http://www.openldap.org/ With OpenLDAP you can: * store your user-accounts in a centralized database (replication is also possible) * define your own attributes (usernames, passwords, adresses, mail-aliases, customer-data, user-rights,....) * program your own management-interfaces in many programming-languages .... Many applications are able to use LDAP-directories for authentification and configuration - but there is also the possibility to use the pam-ldap-module to import the ldap-users as regular system-users. There are also some gui- and web-based management-tools available..... (If you like this - look at freshmeat.net) Regards Marc Schoechlin -- Gruss / Best regards | LF.net GmbH | fon +49 711 90074-413 Marc Schoechlin | Ruppmannstr. 27 | fax +49 711 90074-33 ms@LF.net | D-70565 Stuttgart | http://www.lf.net
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