On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 10:37 -0400, Braden McDaniel wrote: > On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 06:09 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 22:03 -0400, Braden McDaniel wrote: > > > Can system-config-users be made to use ldapi (i.e., a socket connection > > > to an LDAP server)? > > > > > > According to "man 5 libuser.conf", libuser can do this; but I haven't > > > been able to convince system-config-users. It asks for a SASL user on > > > startup (which shouldn't be applicable, as I understand it). > > ---- > > I was under the impression that system-config-users would write directly > > to /etc/passwd (/etc/shadow, /etc/group) and would not be applicable for > > use with ldap based users. > > > > BTW, I tend to use Webmin and it's LDAP Users and Groups module to > > manage LDAP users & groups. > > If you set "create_modules = ldap" in /etc/libuser.conf, > system-config-users will prompt for several LDAP authentication settings > on startup. > > I have not gotten it to work, yet, though. > > There is an old comment in this older bug report suggesting that this > worked at some time (in some form): > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=89539 > > It may be that it requires authentication to be done via LDAP; and I'm > using Kerberos for that. ---- If there was actual intent to use it with ldap users & groups, there would be configuration possibilities for the schema(s) used. It's not and never was a suitable tool for the purpose. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
