From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 19:43:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B471516A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:43:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail4.speakeasy.net (mail4.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E4CE43D46 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:43:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from curtis@npc-usa.com) Received: (qmail 13970 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2004 19:43:18 -0000 Received: from dsl017-040-162.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO crab.npc-usa.com) ([69.17.40.162]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 1 Sep 2004 19:43:17 -0000 Received: from [10.0.1.12] (OSX [10.0.1.12]) by crab.npc-usa.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id R5CNP521; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:42:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: <00C97286-FC47-11D8-B8D0-003065A20588@mac.com> References: <8274FA53-FC40-11D8-AE08-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <00C97286-FC47-11D8-B8D0-003065A20588@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <2947C6DD-FC4F-11D8-AE08-000393934006@npc-usa.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Curtis Vaughan Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:43:13 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Re: 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:43:18 -0000 On 01 Sep, 2004, at 11:44, Charles Swiger wrote: > On Sep 1, 2004, at 1:58 PM, Curtis Vaughan wrote: >> So, I have been told that I shouldn't put 5.x on a production box, >> but on the other hand I need pam_ldap, nss_ldap support on my box, >> which I have also been told is only available in 5.x. > > If you have reason to need PAM & NSS support for LDAP, yes, you need > to be running 5.x, or else you might consider some Linux flavor as > better serving your requirements. > >> Whereas this is to be a Postfix server, I would like to know, which >> version of 5.x should I install, or perhaps there is a way to use >> linux emulation for pam and nss under 4.x? If, however, 5.x I must >> install, which would people recommend and what problems will I be >> facing by putting it into production? > > Quite possibly, you won't encounter any problems. > > BTW, if your only requirement driving the need for LDAP is mail users, > one can set up Postfix and SASL to talk to LDAP, as well as > configuring IMAP/POP to use LDAP-based accounts. pam_ldap lets one > have authenticated Unix-level users from LDAP accounts; if you don't > need LDAP shell accounts, 4.x will be enough. > > Do not install 5.1; it's too old, too many bugs. 5.2.1 is probably > the most stable version available now, but there are significant bumps > between it and the 5.3 betas now available which make upgrading to > what will be 5-STABLE somewhat difficult. If you've got the time to > test the system, install a 5.3 beta. If you can wait two weeks, 5.3 > will become the preferred choice. > > -- > -Chuck > > Just out of curiosity, what is going to happen in 2 weeks? Actually, I have 5.3-Beta installed on it right now. So, maybe I'll just keep it, but wait to put it into production. Curtis