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On May 11, 2012 9:30 PM, "Brian Kroth" <bpkroth@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> 2012-05-11 10:36: |
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>> Hello list, |
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>> I just want to know, what is your recommendation(s) to implement Active |
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>> Directory authentication on Gentoo? |
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> Attribute data can be stored/retrieved in ldaps (as in AD usually only |
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allows authenticated binds to retrieve data and it requires an ssl |
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connection to do that, other than that it's really just ldap). |
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> Authentication can be done either via ldaps or kerberos, though I |
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personally find the later to be extra complication that's usually |
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unnecessary. |
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> As someone else mentioned, there's a wealth of data out there on how to |
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do this in any number of schemes (eg: libnss-ldap, libpam-ldap, sssd, etc.). |
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>> I want to use AD not only for logins, but also for running |
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>> daemons/services. |
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> I don't see the distinction. Either way it seems you're concerned with |
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authenticating users and doing attribute lookups on them. |
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>> *Ideally*, it would also allow me to manage my boxen using GPO, but I |
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>> live without that. |
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> I'm not personally aware of anything that does that. If there is, it's |
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probably something like redhat/suse specific. |
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> However, I believe it is possible to use a samba4 host as a domain |
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controller to serve GPs to windows clients. |
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PowerBroker (née Likewise) claims that it can manage Linux boxen via GPO... |
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... but in my case I think I'll just force my subordinates to learn puppet |
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*heh*heh* |
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Rgds, |
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