Per Kristiansen wrote:
I've been reading about LDAP for the last couple of years, and
finally
got to start planning an implementation.
I've settled for a pretty simple config, where I would put user info
(unix), samba and general user info on LDAP for starters (future plans
is SSH public keys and host based access rules)
But...I'm feeling like I'm drowning, I've read the o'reilly book, and
I've googled my behind off.
And so far I have found that LDAP is like PERL , there is no ONE way
of doing it:)...
I've read the white papers at
redhat.com, and managed to get SMB
authentication to work, but the one thing that keeps bugging me is this:
Do I have to write my own data entry interface ?
I had hoped to let the people at HR do the data entry on the "soft"
information , while the operations people do the "hard" information.
What
usually happens (in medium/large enterprises) is that HR people
enter data into their Oracle/Peoplesoft/SAP system, and this data gets
sync'd over to the LDAP server. For example, check out this -
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/directory/tools - written using
perldap by our LDAP admin at Netscape many years ago. There are
probably newer, better tools for doing this now.
I hoped FDS would have something I could use, but I'm unable to
figure
out if it has a web interface or if it must be entry via the X-Windows
program.
There are two web interfaces. The Directory Express web app is used to
allow self service user data administration (including password change).
I'm sorry to be so whiny :)..and yes I'll have some cheese later, but
please, anyone throw me a friggin' bone here :)
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