Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:04:36 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: David Raynes <rayners@rayners.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a different User Database Message-ID: <20040121050436.GB18805@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <20040121050009.GA69282@stilgar> References: <20040121045038.GA18805@alzatex.com> <20040121050009.GA69282@stilgar>
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--+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:00:09AM -0500, David Raynes wrote: > * Loren M. Lang <lorenl@alzatex.com> [040121 00:13]: > > I'm looking for a way to access user information not stored in > > /etc/passwd, (i.e. an ldap database) On Linux I would install the > > proper nss module and set that up, but it seems freebsd doesn't support > > that yet. My ultimate goal would be to authenticate it against a win2k > > active directory service (sorry, I have no control over it and can't do > > it the other way around) I know about the pam modules, but I also need > > the user info as well. Also, what should I do about the home dirs? > > Make them all use some generic home dir or use something like a pam > > module that creates one, I believe linux has such a pam module. >=20 > You may want to start by looking into the net/nss_ldap and security/pam_l= dap > ports. Beyond that, I don't know what to tell you. nss_ldap claims it requires freebsd 5.1 or newer when I try to install it, if there is someway to be able to still use it on freebsd, I would like to know. And I already know about pam_ldap, but that doesn't do everything I need, but it may still be useful. >=20 > --=20 > David Raynes <rayners@rayners.org> > I am just a figment of my own imagination. > http://www.rayners.org -- http://www.theplothooks.org > !DSPAM:400e0792195951997714976! --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C =20 --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFADghk+vN6RuSjKAwRAofWAKDGH9E9dwNXQb6+5oWZAiGli/ymTwCfcOWi GC2sbu7XepZ87RHNLvcMu38= =BIAQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl--
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