On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Gene Poole <gene.poole at macys.com> wrote: > Does anyone know of a howto for FDS where it's a new installation and you're > not migrating from any existing platform? In other words, a how to from the > very beginning? > There's one on HOWTOFORGE. However, the directory setup for a generic Linux authentication server is quite trivial. In a nutshell: yum -y install centos-ds Create an unprivileged LDAP user: useradd -g 1500 -c "Directory Server" dirsrv Run the setup script: setup-ds-admin.pl Choose the "Typical" setup. Accept just about all defaults. When prompted for the user to run as, enter dirsrv above (you can use nobody but I prefer to create an account first). Make note of the admin and server manager accounts. Once complete, run the "centos-idm-console" to launch the GUI. Login as "cn=Directory Manager" and use the password you provided in the setup. Use localhost:9830 for the port. Once logged in you can create a user. Make sure to enable the corresponding Posix entries. Client configuration on RedHat based distros is done with authconfig-tui. I'm actually prepping a short talk for my local Linux LUG on this topic for tonight. I'll send you the notes when I'm done if you'd like.
