Subj : Re: Idiots intro to LDAP - Where? To : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc From : Michael W Cocke Date : Thu Sep 09 2004 07:12 pm On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:50:56 -0000, Michael Heiming wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 >NotDashEscaped: You need GnuPG to verify this message > >In comp.os.linux.misc Michael W Cocke 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. They are, but it's a pain in my existance keeping them that way. What I'd like to be able to do is create a user or a group in one place and have them propegate, rather than having to run to each system and create a user or group. I probably should have started with that description rather than asking specifically about LDAP, but from what I've been able to figure out, I need either LDAP or NIS, and NIS is obsolete. >If there are much workstations, you should take a look at LTSP >(ltsp.org), which saves lots of admin work. I'll look at it, thanks! Mike- -- If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs... You may have a great career as a network administrator ahead! -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments, .