Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Jul 1999 02:35:53 +0000 | From | Glen Turner <> | Subject | Re: LDAP |
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Raiden wrote: > Any LDAP compliance on Linux Kernel? > are any thingking about this point?
Khimenko Victor replied: > Huh. Where it can be used in Linux kernel ??? Why it's > needed there ?
LDAP is becoming the directory access mechanism adopted by large enterprises for user registration. So LDAP support in the Linux kernel allows people to log into Linux machines with the same userid, password, etc that they use for dial-in, web server access, mainframe use, etc. Common corporate LDAP systems come from Netscape and Novell, but there is a wide variety of offerings.
There is an LDAP Pluggable Authentication Module for Linux at: http://www.padl.com/ that adds LDAP support to the Linux kernel for user authentication and, optionally, registration.
Usual caveats about Linux's 16-bit numeric UIDs exacerbating the hell of aligning multiple manufacturers `reserved' UID/GID ranges apply.
-- Glen Turner Network Specialist Tel: (08) 8303 3936 Information Technology Services Fax: (08) 8303 4400 The University of Adelaide 5005 Email: glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au South Australia
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