Hi, I'm new to this list, so let me introduce myself. I'm a 52-year old Austrian living in South France, and I'm the manager of a small IT company with a focus on Linux and Open Source Software. I'm the system administrator of our local school, where I have setup a small 100 % GNU/Linux network consisting of two servers running CentOS 7 and 20 desktop clients running OpenSUSE Leap 15.1. Currently the network uses a bone-headed single-sign-on configuration based on NIS and NFS. I'm well aware of the potential flaws of this setup, and I intend to replace it. In the past I've tried to wrap my head around LDAP, but I bluntly admit I failed miserably every time. I just read the "Single Sign On" chapter in the fine "Unix & Linux System Administration Handbook", which states 389 Directory Server as a preferable alternative to the plain OpenLDAP server. I have three sandbox machines in my office and some time to experiment, and I've even managed so far to install 389 DS on one of these machines using the online documentation and various tutorials. First things first. I'm a new user, so I checked out the project pat at https://www.port389.org/. I clicked on "Get started with a new install"... and got stuck since the documentation doesn't work on my system (CentOS 7). * https://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/howto/quickstart.html Eventually I figured out that Red Hat DS has a working documentation, although I felt a bit like someone looking for a receipt for pasta bolognese and getting a full-blown online course in food biochemistry. The QuickStart page sports a link "If you want to learn more about what ldap is, you should read our “ldap concepts” guide." So I clicked on that but unfortunately the link is dead. I admit I have yet to find a comprehensive introduction to LDAP that is suitable for folks like me with an IQ below 200. Any suggestions ? Cheers from the sunny South of France, Niki Kovacs -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Mail : info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12 _______________________________________________ 389-users mailing list -- 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to 389-users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
