LDAP and NIS

[JJ Neff]

Sorry about this the SLAPD.CONF file is in /etc/openldap/slapd.conf but appears
to put the schema files in /usr/share , not in etc.openldap as suggested in
this tutorial:
http://online.securityfocus.com/infocus/1427
http://online.securityfocus.com/infocus/1428

I hopefully will be using LDAP to authenticate myself on my test machine at
work and maybe this weekend get it working at home (however I have to reinstall
my server to 9.0 - I tried to do an upgrade on my game machine but it never
worked Quite Right (tm))  I just finished formatting and reinstalling 9.0 and
feel much more secure in it.

JJN

--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was actually using ldapsearch and the tools in LInux to test a LDAP
> directory
> setup here in DOmino R5.  It was very cool and I figured out how to search
> for
> my name and information using cmd line tools.  Looking for some graphical
> tools
> too, havent found one that mandrake had neatly packaged yet :-)
> 
> In the sldap.conf (which Mandrake puts in /usr/share  not /etc) I noticed
> that
> there was an entry for an nis schema, I looked at it but didn't fully
> understand.
> 
> I would appreciate any information or suggestions you may find...
> 
> JJN
> --- Darin Perusich <darinper at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
> > your assumption is not correct, you should be able to use LDAP for 
> > everything, nsswitch.conf will tell the system where to look as you've 
> > mentioned. i'm starting to play with this in a solaris environment, 
> > solaris 9 includes utilities to migrate from NIS to LDAP. i'll pass 
> > along my findings to you as i work on the project.
> > 
> > JJ Neff wrote:
> > > I've been looking more and more at doing the LDAP migration from NIS on
> my
> > home
> > > systems.  I installed the requisite stuff on my test machine at work and
> am
> > > playing with it now (trying to convert my /etc/passwd to LDAP)
> > > 
> > > At home however I use NIS not just for global logon but to pass files
> like
> > > auto.home auto.master for autofs and I also pass host and other files I
> > want
> > > all machines to have.  
> > > 
> > > My assumption is that after I import NIS user data into LDAP (ALl i'm
> doing
> > is
> > > importing the /etc/passwd that was used to generate the YP map right?)
> then
> > I
> > > still need to have NIS to pass those files I mentioned.  My
> > /etc/nssswitch.conf
> > > file will then determine what file calls what service (either local file,
> > NIS
> > > or LDAP)  
> > > 
> > > Am I saying this right?  
> > > 
> > > Ideas thoughts suggestions?
> > > 
> > > JJN
> > > 
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> > Darin Perusich
> > Unix Systems Administrator
> > Cognigen Corp.
> > darinper at cognigencorp.com
> > 
> > 
> 
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