On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 06:26:02PM +0300, Dan Pomohaci wrote:
> Is possible to use LDAP as NIS? How can I do it? I read
> umlich-ldap-doc but I found nothing about.
> I have a small old (486) network (10 computers) working in Debian (slink
> version).
>
> Thanks,
Yes it is possible. I suggest using openldapd package for the server and
then install libpam-ldap and libnss-ldap for the clients to use and access
the LDAP directory for NS and authentication. The libnss-ldap package has
some pointers to get you started with NSLdap.
Also, you can look on {www,ftp}.padl.com for more information, and some
scripts that help migrate to NSLdap.
Note: applications will need to support PAM for authentication against the
ldap server. UID/GID lookups will be automatic with libnss-ldap (after
editing /etc/nsswitch.conf) since it adds the service to libc's standard
lookup services.
Ben
