Re: Novell: NDS eDirectory for Linux

[Adam Cassar <accassar@presto.net.au>]

Yes it is possible and I have used a similar configuration in the past.

The key is to use pam

i cannot remember the exact login configuration
but something like

auth required pam_ldap.so

in /etc/pam.d/login

and in /etc/pam_ldap.conf something like

host ldapserver

base o=TREE_NAME

with Novell 4.11 use
ldap_version 2
pam_login_attribute cn
pam_filter objectclass=person
pam_crypt local

Netware 5 will be different as its LDAP is more LDAP compliant :)

ie 
pam_filter objectclass=account
pam_login_attribute uid
etc




> > Load NLDAP.NLM on one of your Netware servers.
> > I did just that and wrote some WEB-applications with php3 to get phone and
> > mailinggrop information from NDS.  
> Please excuse my ignorance about LDAP.  I really don't know how it works
> and how can I profit from it.
> 
> My intention is to enable normal Novell users access to linux boxes
> without triggering my /etc/passwd with the Novell user accounts.  I
> hope that there is any simple possibility for Netware users to get
> a login on some (one to three) Linux boxes with their Novell password
> and home directory on the NCPFS mounted Novell volume.  This would
> save my time to install NIS and adding and removing users on my
> Linux boxes.
> 
> May be I'm dreaming of something which is not possible, yet.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>            Andreas.
> 
> 
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