Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-27 Thread Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane
, 2011 14:54 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office > > The opinions both for and > against > OpenLDAP have made me take a little closer look at it, but my > conclusion is > that it is more cumbersome than what I really want

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-27 Thread Jeff Boyce
- Original Message - From: "Jeff Boyce" To: Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:39 AM Subject: User accounts management for small office > Greetings - > > This may be a little off-topic here so if someone wants to point me to a > more appropriate mailing list I would appreciate it. > >

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Scott Robbins
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 03:23:20PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Scott Robbins wrote: > > > > > http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/ldap.html > > And after a *very* brief glance, I've bookmarked it for future reference, > since it has things like *examples* of what needs doing, and h

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Mathieu Baudier
>> Linux user account, and also manually change the Samba user account. >> Manually updating the password in three different locations is a minor >> headache that I would like to correct.  I have been researching and > > You *could* do it with openldap, with the WinDoze boxen authenticating > thro

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Devin Reade
--On Thursday, April 21, 2011 01:49:16 PM -0600 Devin Reade wrote: > As far as the password change option, > one simple but effective system is the passwd.cgi script from cgipaf: > > Sorry, brain fart. Yes, cgipaf will allow you to change samba passwords

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Devin Reade
I'd say base it on OpenLDAP. As far as the password change option, one simple but effective system is the passwd.cgi script from cgipaf: Although you already have to provide your old password to do an update, putting it behind http-basic authentication wi

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/21/2011 2:24 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> On 4/21/2011 1:39 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote: >>> Greetings - >>> >>> This may be a little off-topic here so if someone wants to point me to a >>> more appropriate mailing list I would appreciate it. >>> >>> I administer the network f

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 4/21/2011 1:39 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote: >> Greetings - >> >> This may be a little off-topic here so if someone wants to point me to a >> more appropriate mailing list I would appreciate it. >> >> I administer the network for my small company and am preparing to >> install a ne

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread m . roth
Scott Robbins wrote: > I have a page on openldap--though I don't cover it with samba--that is a > cut above most of the documentation, in my not at all humble opinion--I > fully agree with Mark that the vast majority of ldap documentation is > horrendous. Some folks have found my page useful, so

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread aurfalien
On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: > I have a page on openldap--though I don't cover it with samba--that > is a > cut above most of the documentation, in my not at all humble > opinion--I > fully agree with Mark that the vast majority of ldap documentation is > horrendous. Som

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/21/2011 1:39 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote: > Greetings - > > This may be a little off-topic here so if someone wants to point me to a > more appropriate mailing list I would appreciate it. > > I administer the network for my small company and am preparing to install a > new server in the next month or

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread Scott Robbins
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 02:51:35PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Jeff Boyce wrote: > > Greetings - > > > > installed, is that currently if a user wants to change the password on > > their Windows workstation, I have to manually update that new password > on the > > Linux user account, and also

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread aurfalien
On Apr 21, 2011, at 11:51 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Jeff Boyce wrote: >> Greetings - >> >> This may be a little off-topic here so if someone wants to point me >> to a >> more appropriate mailing list I would appreciate it. > >> The issue that I would like to be able to resolve when the new

Re: [CentOS] User accounts management for small office

2011-04-21 Thread m . roth
Jeff Boyce wrote: > Greetings - > > This may be a little off-topic here so if someone wants to point me to a > more appropriate mailing list I would appreciate it. > The issue that I would like to be able to resolve when the new server is > installed, is that currently if a user wants to change th