Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 13. Januar 2006 21:37 schrieb ext Jose Gonzalez Gomez: > BIG WARNING: Don't do this unless you're using simple bind over SSL > protected connections unless you want your passwords to travel (almost?) > as clear text through the network. And because of this, I'd recommend separating au

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-14 Thread John Jolet
On Jan 14, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: thak you all. now I really understand what about PAM and LDAP. The upshot of all this is.if you have more than 5 computers that you want to all have the same usernames and passwords, ldap and nis, etc might be more than you need.

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-14 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
thak you all. now I really understand what about PAM and LDAP. On 1/13/06, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 13, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote: > 2006/1/13, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > > > > > t

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread John Jolet
On Jan 13, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote:2006/1/13, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote:> thanks. I believe I am starting to understand this.>> I was seeing that ldap can authenticate in a lot of types, like ,> databases, files, and

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread Jose Gonzalez Gomez
2006/1/13, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote:> thanks. I believe I am starting to understand this.>> I was seeing that ldap can authenticate in a lot of types, like ,> databases, files, and PAM do some things like that too or am I > wrong ?>

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread John Jolet
On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: thanks. I believe I am starting to understand this. I was seeing that ldap can authenticate in a lot of types, like , databases, files, and PAM do some things like that too or am I wrong ? as far as I know you are wrong. ldap is an

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread Stroller
On 13 Jan 2006, at 17:45, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: thanks. I believe I am starting to understand this. I was seeing that ldap can authenticate in a lot of types, like , databases, files, and PAM do some things like that too or am I wrong ? Yes, pretty much. But they're often structured

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
thanks. I believe I am starting to understand this. I was seeing that ldap can authenticate in a lot of types, like , databases, files, and PAM do some things like that too or am I wrong ? On 1/13/06, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Allan Spagnol Comar

Re: [gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread John Jolet
On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: Hi, I don´t know if this is a valid question, or I am making a big mess, but I was wondering witch autentication method is better, ldap or pam. I would like to know too if is possible to use bouth. ldap is one of the methods that can (p)

[gentoo-user] ldap vs. pam

2006-01-13 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
Hi, I don´t know if this is a valid question, or I am making a big mess, but I was wondering witch autentication method is better, ldap or pam. I would like to know too if is possible to use bouth. thanks. -- An application asked: "Requeires Windows 9x, NT4 or better", so I´ve installed Linux --