[sllug-members]: PAM - Authconfig

[gregorcy]

Jason Clint wrote:
> Does this still allow you to use openLdap?  This looks like a complete
> replacement of openLdap, correct me if I'm wrong I will have to read
> through this entirely when I come in tomorrow.
> 


> 
>   Jason Clint wrote:
>> Hi all I have been trying to setup a Ldap-AD sync and came across this
>> site:
>>
>> http://www.linux.com/articles/40983
>>
>> Anyway I have got all the way down to Linux Integration section-5 and
> it
>> says to "Run authconfig to perform the configuration of "Pluggable
>> Authentication."  I do have authconfig on my distro which is Centos 5
>> but I don't get what they are asking to do?  Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
> 
> 
> Hi Jason,
> 
> I have been working on this lately also.  I *think* the correct method
> to do this, since samba 3.0.20, is to use the 
> winbind method to connect linux to Windows AD.  That article looks a
> little dated (2004).  This is what I have been using:
> 
>  > http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&_Active_Directory
> 
> Also this has been really helpful to get all the new idmap stuff
> working:
>  >
> http://samba.dsmirror.nl/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/idmapper.
> html
> 
> Here are our notes in case you are interested:
>  >
> http://www.che.utah.edu/resources/supportwiki/index.php/Samba_and_Active
> _Directory
> 
> If anyone has any comment on which is the better method winbind v ldap I
> would be interested in hearing it.
> 
> 
> 


I needed to install openldap on my linux boxes but I have not configured it at all, I believe winbind handles it now.




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