Subj : Re: Idiots intro to LDAP - Where?
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
From : Michael Heiming
Date : Thu Sep 09 2004 06:50 pm

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In comp.os.linux.misc Michael W Cocke <cocke@catherders.com> suggested:
> I'm fed up with trying to maintain individual system user and Group
> IDs (Yes, I know, but you do what you've got to do).  I've looked at
> any number of pages and books about LDAP and they all seem to assume
> that you already know how this works.  Does anyone know of a simple
> "Do this to accomplish that" guide to LDAP?

Before you even think about ldap, users/group (ID  <--> name)
need to be the same on all systems, or you'll end up in a
disaster.

If there are much workstations, you should take a look at LTSP
(ltsp.org), which saves lots of admin work.

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Michael Heiming (GPG-Key ID: 0xEDD27B94)
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