Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:00:57 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@picus.com> To: "Andy Cowan" <andyc@waverider.net.uk> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Centralised user information Message-ID: <NIEBLEDADLBOBAJFKPHDAEIOCAAA.troy@picus.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKECBEEIIPEFNBPBFCEPKCIAA.andyc@waverider.net.uk>
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Andy, At my last job, we used custom script to distribute an edited password file to other machines when needed (at 5 minute intervals). Not a perfect solution, but it worked well enough. Another option, is to use NIS. See /var/yp/Makefile.dist for details. -- Troy Settle Network Analyst Picus Communications 540.633.6327 It's always a long day... 86400 doesn't fit into a short ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andy Cowan ** Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:44 AM ** To: Bob Martin ** Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org ** Subject: RE: Centralised user information ** ** ** > > What are people out there using for holding centralised login ** > information? ** > > The objective is to allow a cluster of servers to ** authenticate against a ** > > centralised database (using Radius, LDAP, or any other ** > mechanism really). ** > > ** > Radiator. We use it for everything from account logins to routers. ** > ** ** But how do you tie radiator (or any other radius for that ** matter) to the OS, ** so that when sendmail attempts to deliver, or qpopper tries to ** authenticate, ** or apache looks up a users homedir - you get the picture.... ** ** How can you make the OS itself retrieve user info from Radius? ** ** A. ** ** -- ** Andy Cowan ** Managing Director ** Wave Rider Internet Ltd ** http://www.waverider.co.uk ** ** ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ** with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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