From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 12:51:01 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 B8E4816A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 12:51:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane.co.uk [82.152.23.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0E743D1F for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 12:51:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4RJnvGK082705 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 May 2004 20:49:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from localhost (jhary@localhost) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i4RJnvB1082702; Thu, 27 May 2004 20:49:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 20:49:57 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman To: Bart Silverstrim In-Reply-To: <2459CD9C-B014-11D8-B5C2-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> Message-ID: <20040527203422.F82556@unsane.co.uk> References: <12608007-B007-11D8-B5C2-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> <2459CD9C-B014-11D8-B5C2-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions Questions Subject: Re: LDAP 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: Thu, 27 May 2004 19:51:01 -0000 On Thu, 27 May 2004, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > On May 27, 2004, at 2:11 PM, Vince Hoffman wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 May 2004, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > > >> Are there any references that will step through creating an LDAP > >> database? I have been banging my head into a wall trying to get one > >> set up...I have it at a point where the slapd will start and monitor > >> for connections, but using ldapbrower logging in as the rootdn will > >> yield errors whenever I try to add an entry. I'm ready to try wiping > >> the database (since it's empty anyway) and try over from scratch. > > > > I was getting ready to give up with LDAP (for samba and pam_ldap) > > untill i tried phpldapadmin, worked like a dream, not sure its in ports > > yet though. ( oh and i'll recomend ldap account manager which is in > > ports > > but only useful if you want to store posix and samba accounts under > > ldap.) > > I've sent a message to the list responding to someone else outlining > some of the goals I hope to achieve with the LDAP server, but what > information is your server handing out? Just username/password for > Win9x, or can it handle Win2k information, or...? > I'm using it to store posix and samba users, handles XP and 2k authentication fine (dont have any 9x on the network,) All i'm doing is runing a samba PDC for a small network, and am using ldap as it means its easy to have a BDC if needed and using pam_ldap and nss_ldap i can centralise my user database, anything that supports pam authentication is authenticated again it (ie. the external ftp site, uw-imap, smtp auth (sasl2 using pam) and shell logins where needed, as well as the internal windows domain, (xp and 2k workstations, samba servers)) If your interested who uses samba and how many users then look here http://samba-survey.sernet.de/commit.html?action=sort&order=file_sharing_clients&dir=desc&index=0 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >