Yes it is possible and I have used a similar configuration in the past. The key is to use pam
i cannot remember the exact login configuration but something like auth required pam_ldap.so in /etc/pam.d/login and in /etc/pam_ldap.conf something like host ldapserver base o=TREE_NAME with Novell 4.11 use ldap_version 2 pam_login_attribute cn pam_filter objectclass=person pam_crypt local Netware 5 will be different as its LDAP is more LDAP compliant :) ie pam_filter objectclass=account pam_login_attribute uid etc > > Load NLDAP.NLM on one of your Netware servers. > > I did just that and wrote some WEB-applications with php3 to get phone and > > mailinggrop information from NDS. > Please excuse my ignorance about LDAP. I really don't know how it works > and how can I profit from it. > > My intention is to enable normal Novell users access to linux boxes > without triggering my /etc/passwd with the Novell user accounts. I > hope that there is any simple possibility for Netware users to get > a login on some (one to three) Linux boxes with their Novell password > and home directory on the NCPFS mounted Novell volume. This would > save my time to install NIS and adding and removing users on my > Linux boxes. > > May be I'm dreaming of something which is not possible, yet. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
