for your fds box, the easiest way (I think) to set the box up to authenticate against your ldap server is to run authconfig. I'm not as familiar with ubuntu, as such you should be able to modify your /etc/nsswitch.conf , pam, and ldap.conf files by hand.... http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:PAM Aaron ________________________________ From: fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Chakkaradeep C C Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:54 AM To: fedora-directory-users at redhat.com Subject: User Authentication and Adding Clients Hi All, I just installed FDS in my FC6 box and created OU, Groups and Users, but I was not able to login using the name and password which i created in the FDS into my machine, is anything wrong? And also, I would be happy if someone could help me or redirect me to some article explaining how to add Ubuntu/FC machines as clients to the domain. Thanks, -- Regards, C.C.Chakkaradeep, http://chakkaradeep.wordpress.com -- "Sometimes it's better not to ask - or to listen - when people tell you something can't be done. I didnt ask for permission or approval. I just went ahead and did it." - from "Direct from Dell" Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this electronic message is intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain privileged or confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and destroy the copies you received. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20070309/884a6c54/attachment.html