Subj : Re: Idiots intro to LDAP - Where? To : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc From : Jim Scott Date : Fri Sep 10 2004 05:39 pm Michael W Cocke wrote: > 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, You might look at the expect script 'passmass'. It propagates passwords to a number of servers, but could be modified. The whole point of the script was to prevent having to run to N machines (where N is an inconveniently large number). Jim .