Re: OT: LDAP-Authentication for MacOS?

["Chris G. Sellers" <sellers@Oakland.edu>]

MacOS X will and or does support LDAP natively.  If I understand this
correctly, like SGI IRIX, LDAP authentication is as easy as setting up the
/etc/ldap.conf file and /etc/nsswitch.conf files on the OS X
system.  Then, login! :)

We are currently investigating the MacOS Classic environment (MacOS 8) and
how to write a extension to authenticate for MacOS Classic.  


 > 
> On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Marian Steinbach wrote:
> 
> > Sorry for the OT Mail, but I hope some of you understand the problem:
> > 
> > Is there any possibility to authenticate MacOS (no matter what version)
> > users against an LDAP server?
> > 
> > Right now the MacOS plattform seems to be the most difficult part in a
> > single-login environment.
> > 
> > MacOS-X doesn´t support PAM, as far as I know, does it?
> > 
> > Any hints regarding related articles, discussions or solutions are welcome!
> 
> I searched Google, and found the following link:
> <URL:http://www2.kenyon.edu/people/shankb/samba/>
> 
> If MacOS X can authenticate using Samba, you can simply (actually, it's
> not that simple..) configure the Samba server to authenticate using the LDAP server.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> On a related note; the AppleShare server for Linux (netatalk) supports
> PAM, and therefore LDAP. :)
> 
> 
> vr
> 
> 


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   Sellers , Chris G.		
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