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Re: How To set things up to allow users to change their passwords
At Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:23:16 +0530 Chamith Kumarage <gnu.chami@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 11:55 -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> > I have Openldap set up on a CentOS 5 system (using the stock 2.3.43
> > RPMS) and I want to allow users to change their passwords, but I am
> > confused by the documentation (it has both too much and not enough
> > information -- there don't appear to be simple HowTos for common setups).
> >
> > I am not sure what to put in /etc/openldap/slapd.conf (I think I need an
> > ACL). I expect I need something in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf (or
> > prossibly /etc/ldap.conf) to allow the authorization. This is on a LAN
> > with diskless clients, behind a firewall, so I *probably* don't need to
> > set up SSL and certs (but I am unsure of this as well).
> >
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I think the most secure (since you are not using SSL) and preferred way
> is to use a small application for this. You can easily give the users a
> web interface (written using php-ldap) to change their passwords or
> whatever stuff.
This does not really help me much. Having some random application (web
based or not) is not the issue, I need to know how to *configure* slapd
and ldap in general to allow the proper access levels. Oh I have no
problem with using SSL and if that is the way to I go that way. I also
don't want to run a web server just for one *small* web application. I
am also not really much of a php programer either.
The admin documentation both has too much information and too little
:-(. What I am looking for is a specialized how-to for this specific
sort of situation. I understand that LDAP can do a lot of things,
everything from being a company-with phone book to handling DNS to
handling user authorization, so it makes sense for the admin manual to
cover a broad application range. I'm just getting lost in it.
>
> phpldapadamin would do as well. But it's nicer to have your own
> something :)
>
> Thanks,
> ~Chamith
>
>
>
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