[Fedora-directory-users] ObjectClass PosixGroup + UID/GID auto-generation

[Kashif Ali]

Yes I was talking about FDS :)

Well atleast I can hope that more people want these features so they get
added in :).

I have created a wiki article on the installation if anyone is interested.

http://wiki.unixcraft.com/display/MainPage/Fedora+Directory+Server


2008/8/11 solarflow99 <solarflow99 at gmail.com>

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>
> On 8/11/08, Kashif Ali <snake007uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> After spending a long weekend, configuring Fedora-DS to have central
>> autentication + Central home dirs, I now have two issues which I would like
>> to know if anyone can help me with.
>>
>> 1) Currently when adding a new user, I have to manually goto advanced
>> options and add a value called posixgroup to the object class, this is so
>> that groupID have a name and you dont see the error GroupID name not found
>> when logging onto a box. Is there anyway to update the default user
>> template, so that, when you enable posixaccount, posixgroup objectclass is
>> automatically added? thus removing the manual process?
>>
>
> This is in the FDS console you are talking about right?  This would be nice
> to have, but I guess unless you can change the java code, its still less
> flexible in this way.  Often people will use a different front end such as
> ldapadmin, while the FDS console is preferred for controlling replication,
> etc.
>
>  2) Is there anyway to get the directory server generate UNIQUE UID/GID
>> based on last uid created. Ideally I would like the range to start from 5000
>> and finish at 8000. The automatic procedure would just use the next
>> available uid/gid in the list, again removing the need for the user to check
>> and make sure the id is unique.
>>
>
>
> It looks like most front ends favour choosing a random one, then require
> you to set it manually to what you want.  This is to avoid possible
> conflicts without having to build in a way to check for this, I agree it
> should be an available option though.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1965645&forum_id=305548&abmode=1
>
>
>
>  any help with either of these issues would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Kashif
>>
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