I've got a sandbox set up and finally have the centos-ds server installed and I seem to be able to add users at least. I've been looking at these docs : http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ The install guide got me that far. Then my next logical step was "OK, how do I use this now to authenticate LInux users?" So I just went through the Admin Guide - but nada. Nothing. Negatory. Looking at the table of contents for the deployment guide, it does not look to be of any help either. So what do I have to read to learn how to set up my Linux boxes to authenticate from here? Do they need local accounts too? Local disks? What about website? Wikis? All currently using htpasswd. How do I convert those? thanks, -Alan -- ?Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV? - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"