Re: Passwd Backend Syntax?

[Hugh Caley <hcaley@loomer.com>]

Sorry, I guess this was unclear.  I want to know how to frame a query to the
"etc/passwd" backend (as opposed to the ldbm or shell backends)

Hugh

Mark Wilcox wrote:

> I assume you mean how do you use LDAP as your authentication database?
>
> If so see my article at:
> http://developer.netscape.com/viewsource/index_frame.html?content=wilcox_lda
> p2.html
>
> It talks about Netscape DS, but will work with any LDAP compliant server
> (the only change you have to make is if you use the original LDAP plugin for
> Novell NDS because they decided to store the uid attribute in the cn
> attribute).
>
> Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Caley <hcaley@loomer.com>
> To: Open LDAP <openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org>
> Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:13 PM
> Subject: Passwd Backend Syntax?
>
> >Sorry to bother you with this ,  but I cannot find any documentation on
> >this aspect of OpneLDAP.  How do you set up/query a passwd database?  My
> >slapd.conf basically consists only of the "database    passwd" line.   I
> >can't figure out how to get any data out of it.  Will ldapsearch work
> >with this?  How do I phrase a query?
> >
> >Hugh
> >
> >--
> >"We can't stop here.  This is bat country" - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
> >Hugh "Batmensch" Caley
> >
> >
> >

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