authentication question

[Ben Steeves]

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 23:33, M.Hockings wrote:
> Alexander Dalloz wrote:

> >You can make use of a central LDAP server. You can authenticate shell
> >access against such a server as well as Samba auth. (What Microsoft does
> >with actual Win2k/Win2k3 Active Directory domains is nothing else than a
> >combination of LDAP, Kerberos and DNS.)

> 
> Can you point to a step-by-step guide about how to set up such a server? 
> This would be one that a mere flunky who is mildly familiar with FC1 
> (i.e., the non-expert) could follow and understand.

I can recommend a good book on the subject: "LDAP System Administration"
by Gerald Carter, published by O'Reilly...

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/index.html

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