Thanks for the quick response everyone..
I've been reading up on the pam.conf (pam_groupdn) entries, it sounds pretty much perfect. No complicated access-rules in openldap to write, only catch is that it can only handle one group in the "pam_groupdn cn=GroupName,ou=OUName,dc=example,dc=net" line?
cya
Craig
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 01:03:13AM -0700, Chris Jacobs wrote:
I can vouch for cent5/6... And 6 seems to prefer SSSD - no /etc/[pam_]ldap.conf but an sssd.conf instead - which I understand is the preferred method now in Fedora too (using SSSD which can also replace NSCD).
I noticed that someone felt the need to rewrite PADL's PAM plugin for Cent6, but it introduces a new service; might as well go for the newer and shinier method.
My .02 - sorry for top posting; PDA.
----- Original Message ----- From: openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org To: openldap-technical@openldap.org openldap-technical@openldap.org Sent: Mon Dec 19 00:52:20 2011 Subject: Re: OpenLDAP for Central Auth?
Hi
On 12/19/2011 08:18 AM, Craig T wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone successfully deployed OpenLDAP for central auth in a very mixed unix environment? With Host based access control? Plus any documentation would be really great.
Yes, that's no problem. And for documentation, take a look at your distro specific man pages or wikis.
My needs;
- Central Auth
No problem with nss ldap and pam ldap libraries...
- Host based access control (e.g. user "John" from group "accounts" can't log into "development servers".
Sure with pam_groupdn or a specific search filter, maybe with the memberOf attribute.
- Caching for Client logins on laptops. I figure SSSD will be useful here?
I guess you mean user&password caching? Then the nscd Daemon is your friend. Or do you mean credential caching for one session with Single Sign On, then a kerberos setup is you best option.
- Encryption (This looks pretty straight forward in the OpenLDAP 2.4 doco)
Also no problem.... Just compile the newest OpenLDAP with OpenSSL support.
Client OS's involved;
- Solaris 9/10
- Fedora 15/16
- Centos 5/6
No problem, I don't know the Solaris setup, but I guess it's pretty much the same.
cya
Craig
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