Thanks Nathan, but where did I miss that in the how-to? Nathan Kinder wrote: > lists at scott-ackerman.com wrote: >> I thought I was smart until I dove into LDAP. I am the sole part-time IT >> Manager for a charter school (240 students, 20 staff, 60 computers) and >> am migrating away from a Windows server environment to Linux. The only >> services that are being provided by a Windows server now are AD, file >> and print sharing services. Since we are turning about 15 of our student >> computers into Linux stations, I decided on a "simpler" method of >> managing authentication, login etc. and chose Fedora Directory Server >> (after having beat my head against the wall with strictly OpenLDAP for a >> month). I have successfully set up FDS and entered all students and >> staff. I have decided not to sync against our AD server because we are >> changing the student login method, the old format was locker number for >> user name and then a password. I have decided to use the first.last name >> for user name and then a password. >> >> I am trying to set up posix authentication and Samba and am having >> difficulties with both, technical on the former and understanding on the >> latter. First posix, I have followed the how to on the FDS Wiki, but >> there seems to be some steps missing. I have gotten an authenticated >> student logon, but only after having created an account on the local >> machine with the same UID. I made sure that the password was different >> in FDS than when I created the user on the local machine and I am able >> to login to using either password which would indicate to me that I am >> successfully authenticating to FDS. However I don't particularly care to >> have to add 240 students on all 15 computers to make this work, not to >> mention all of the "home" directories that will be mounted from the NFS >> server. So the questions is, what steps am I missing here? >> > It sounds like you need to configure nss_ldap. Assuming you have > nss_ldap installed on your client systems, you should be able to add > "ldap" as a service for looking up users and groups in your > /etc/nsswitch.conf file. > > -NGK >> Samba. As I understand it, Windows will only authenticate against an NT >> or "NT like (aka. Samba)" server, which means as far as I can tell that >> either I have Samba sync against FDS or I use pGina on the Windows side >> to authenticate directly against LDAP or scrap LDAP all together and >> just use an NIS server (don't think this is a good idea, but it is a >> possiblity). Of course trying to assess the pros and cons of either has >> been somewhat difficult at best. Also the FDS Samba how-to doesn't cover >> computer management which Samba is going to have to deal with as well. >> >> Before someone replies with a "RTFM", I have read the Install Guide as >> well as the Red Hat Directory Server documentation and I am currently >> half-way through the book "Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory >> Services", so I have a reasonable understanding of how to get into >> trouble. Of course none of these provide in-depth (nor should they) >> information as to how to integrate with other services. I have spent a >> month reading, tinkering etc., and I am not asking anyone else to do my >> work for me, but I have seem to hit a wall and need a couple of >> "breadcrumbs" to get me back on the trail. Thank you for your patience >> and understanding. >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > -- Scott Ackerman 1212 Baker Street Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 970-231-9035 www.scott-ackerman.com "Every improvement in the standard of work men do is followed swiftly and inevitably by an improvement in the men who do it" - William Morris
