Re: About Centralizing Passwords

2000-06-08 Thread Ernest Johanson
ED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: About Centralizing Passwords > > Benjamin Hudgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there a client/server protocol that supports centralizing password > > AND session infor

Re: About Centralizing Passwords

2000-06-08 Thread M. Tavasti
Benjamin Hudgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a client/server protocol that supports centralizing password > AND session information other than NIS. If I'm not mistaken, NIS > requires that you STILL edit the password file and specify user dirs.. > etc. Perhaps I'm reading this wrong..

Re: About Centralizing Passwords

2000-06-07 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya benjamin... what kind of authentification are oyu trying to do ?? - user to get shell account on the server... - a win98/NT user to get to the linux resources... - a linux user that can get to other unix/linux resources users that once authenticated can get emails /var/spool/m

Re: About Centralizing Passwords

2000-06-06 Thread Adam Shand
i'm not sure if ldap will store session information but i suspect it will. check out ldap and nss (pam modules to interface to ldap servers). there are packages for both for debian. adam. On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Benjamin Hudgens wrote: > I asked this yesterday and got a very limited response so I

About Centralizing Passwords

2000-06-06 Thread Benjamin Hudgens
I asked this yesterday and got a very limited response so I wanted to explain myself further. Is there a client/server protocol that supports centralizing password AND session information other than NIS. If I'm not mistaken, NIS requires that you STILL edit the password file and specify user dirs