Re: NIS or not?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of anax
> Sent: den 28 januari 2014 12:24
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  NIS or not?
>
> Hi Sorin
> we use here LDAP  authentication and mail-control since more than 10 years.
> At that time, we did the conversion from passwd/shadow to LDAP using the
> tools on
> http://www.padl.com/download/
> which are still available, probably in a newer version...
>
> To represent a person or a service in LDAP we use the objectclasses:
>   objectClass: account
>   objectClass: posixAccount
>   objectClass: top
>   objectClass: shadowAccount
>   objectClass: mailRecipient
>
> To represent a mail user for postfix we use the objectlcasses:
>
>   objectClass: top
>   objectClass: person
>   objectClass: organizationalPerson
>   objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>   objectClass: qmailUser
>
> To represent a Domain which we serve mail-wise we use the objectclasses:
> objectClass: qmailControl
> objectClass: top
>
>
> We also have developed an LDAP via Web Interface, which we use
> exclusively for LDAP administration.
>
> We have two LDAP servers, syncronized via syncrepl.
>
> suomi
>
>
>
> On 2014-01-28 10:02, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> >
> > The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me to
> > keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to
> > administrate. NIS seems to be able to do that.

Thank you.
Can I use just the user authentication (uid/pwd) part and skip the whole 
mail-cocacho, or do these two go hand in hand when using LDAP?

--
//Sorin

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