[deployment-guide: 51/185] Minor update of the authentication-related section.
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Sun May 15 21:14:19 UTC 2011
commit e7e70b9ec2f6dee1ebcfbb577007beef30912a6b
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date: Fri Jan 28 14:07:07 2011 +0100
Minor update of the authentication-related section.
Thanks to Nalin Dahyabhai for his valuable comments.
en-US/OpenLDAP.xml | 32 +-------------------------------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/OpenLDAP.xml b/en-US/OpenLDAP.xml
index ff454ff..b2e6b92 100644
--- a/en-US/OpenLDAP.xml
+++ b/en-US/OpenLDAP.xml
@@ -1150,38 +1150,8 @@ slapd (pid 3672) is running...</screen>
</para>
<screen>~]# <command>yum install openldap openldap-clients nss-pam-ldapd</command></screen>
<para>
- Note that this section provides a brief overview only. Unless you are an OpenLDAP expert, refer to <xref linkend="s2-ldap-resources" /> for more detailed information.
+ <xref linkend="ch-Configuring_Authentication" /> provides detailed instructions on how to configure applications to use LDAP for authentication.
</para>
- <section id="s3-ldap-pam">
- <title>Using LDAP with PAM</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary><acronym>PAM</acronym></primary>
- <see>OpenLDAP</see>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary><application>Authentication Configuration</application> Tool</primary>
- <secondary>and LDAP</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>
- &MAJOROS; allows you to configure standard PAM-enabled applications to use LDAP for authentication. To do so, select <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Authentication</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the panel (or type <command>system-config-authentication</command> at a shell prompt) to start the <application>Authentication Configuration</application>, and enter the superuser password when prompted. Then select the <guimenuitem>LDAP</guimenuitem> option from the <guilabel>User Account Database</guilabel> pulldown list, adjust the additional options, and click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to confirm your changes.
- </para>
- <figure id="fig-ldap-pam-authentication_configuration">
- <title>Using the <application>Authentication Configuration</application> utility</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/authentication_configuration.png" format="PNG" scalefit="0" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <para>
- Using the <application>Authentication Configuration</application> utility
- </para>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
- <para>
- For more information about configuring PAM, refer to the <citetitle pubwork="chapter">Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)</citetitle> chapter of the &MAJOROSVER; <citetitle>Security Guide</citetitle> and the PAM man pages.
- </para>
- </section>
<section id="s3-ldap-migrationtools">
<title>Migrating Old Authentication Information to LDAP Format</title>
<indexterm>
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