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Re: Ldap and root access on workstations

To: Justin Ryan <justizin@vongogo.org>
Subject: Re: Ldap and root access on workstations
From: Kurt Zeilenga <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:10:03 -0700
Cc: Nick Rathke <nick.rathke@gmail.com>, Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>, openldap-technical@OpenLDAP.org
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On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Justin Ryan wrote:

it would scare me if the OpenLDAP community was not
aware that LDAP was not intended to be an authentication store.

LDAP and X.500 have always been designed to support in-directory storage of secrets, namely passwords, used for directory and application authentication. The OpenLDAP community is certainly aware of this fact.

-- Kurt

References:
- Ldap and root access on workstations
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- Re: Ldap and root access on workstations
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- Re: Ldap and root access on workstations
  - From: Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>
- Re: Ldap and root access on workstations
  - From: "Justin Ryan" <justizin@vongogo.org>

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