Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:50:05 -0000 From: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net> To: dwbear75@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Security List <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sharing /etc/passwd Message-ID: <20011107193736.V64838@techometer.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111071900280.24824-100000@moroni.pp.asu.edu>; from David Bear on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 07:02:09PM -0700 References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111071900280.24824-100000@moroni.pp.asu.edu>
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How 'bout PAM? /usr/ports/security/pam_ldap. If you have machines that can't do PAM, perhaps NIS is the way to go (assuming, of course, you're behind a firewall). You can store login information in LDAP like you want, then use a home-grown script to extract the information to a NIS map. Or, if you have a Solaris 8 machine lying around, you can cut out the middle step and use Sun's NIS server which can backend directly into LDAP. Cheers - Erick At Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 07:02:09PM -0700, David Bear said this: :: :: I need to sync /etc/passwd and /etc/group among multiple machines. I was :: thinking ldap would be a good method but am concerned about :: :: 1) the most secure way to do it :: 2) the most stable :: 3) things I don't know about this but should... :: :: any pointers to man pages/docs would be appreciated. :: :: :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :: with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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