Mark Hahn wrote: >>authentication on the cluster. I really don't want to have to set up a >>full-fledged LDAP environment on the head node, or change my address space and >>start routing packets between the cluster and the outside world. I've heard > > > an ldap slave on the head node makes a fair bit of sense. > it can still be automatically synced to the "enterprise" ldap, > and compute nodes can refer to it alone. excepting /etc/passwd > (either on nfs root or somehow rsynced), I'd consider this > kind of ldap setup to be the norm these days.
Aye, passwd/group/shadow is the rub indeed. I don't know much about LDAP aside from the fact that it seems to complicate my life greatly. Is it possible to do a slave replication between different ldap servers? Our enterprise server isn't openldap, and I don't think that it will run on Linux at all. Andy -- Andrew Fant | And when the night is cloudy | This space to let Molecular Geek | There is still a light |---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | That shines on me | Disclaimer: I don't Boston, MA | Shine until tomorrow, Let it be | even speak for myself _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
