Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 10:50:33 +0200 From: Erwan Arzur <erwan@free.fr> To: Kirill Alder-Ponazdyr <quak@mydiax.ch> Cc: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and LDAP Directory Message-ID: <3CEB5BD9.6010009@free.fr> References: <20020521222314.3C47D37B40C@hub.freebsd.org> <20020521153245.K10179@techometer.net> <20020521223735.AA60537B409@hub.freebsd.org> <20020521155511.L10179@techometer.net> <20020521230333.9CEA237B400@hub.freebsd.org>
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Kirill Alder-Ponazdyr wrote: >>:: Not really, pam_ldap does authenticate the user, but I am talking about >>:: retrieving much broader data, such as UID->NAME GID->Groupname Mappings, >>:: services definitions and so on. >> >>If you just want the ability to look at the data in your directory (sorry >>if I'm misunderstanding again), then gq (http://biot.com/gq/, net/gq) seems >>like it would fit the bill. > > > Hi, > > Indeed, you are missunderstanding :) > > I want the OS to be able to query the LDAP directory for the things like: > > hosts definitions > services definitions > passwd(users) database > groups database > www.padl.com (the maker of the pam_ldap port) provides a LDAP<->NIS gateway. http://www.padl.com/Products/NISLDAPGateway.html I think you just have to setup your BSD hosts as regular NIS clients, and setup mappings in the gateway appropriately. Iplanet's directory server might provide such a mapping, too. Never tested, though, and all this is commercial software, not supporting *BSD, AFAIK. By the way, http://www.google.com/search?q=NIS+ldap comes handy ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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