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Re: unified login (unix + windows)
How do the pam_ldap and nss_ldap check the password. Do they request a copy of the password, or attempt a login into LDAP?
Albert Steiner
At 11:17 AM 6/15/00 +0000, salvador.salanova@pas.udg.es wrote:
>Hi,
>>It is a dream of mine to have all passwords and users
>>in one Ldap-Server.
>
>This is a small university, and the approach that I am using is as
>follows:
>
>-ldap server:
> stores the user database
>
>-unix stations (Solaris and Linux):
> use pam_ldap and nss_ldap against ldap server
>
>-winnt classrooms:
> today all users share the same username (generic one), we are
>writting a replacement gina wich first checks the user against ldap
>server and after that logs the user in the ntworkstation using the
>generic username and password hardcoded into the gina. This is not
>finished yet.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Salvador Salanova Fortmann
>
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