Hi All,

> >> Quoting wirelessduck@??? (wirelessduck@???):
> > [snip]
> >
> >>> So my next question is, whats the recommended package to
> >>> authenticate
> >>> with LDAP and allow users to login to a desktop via their LDAP
> >>> account? I've seen various options for PAM and NSS, but do I need
> >>> to
> >>> configure both or just one?
> >
> > [snip]
>
> You can use libpam-ldap for this, it handles the authentication part.
[…]
> There is also nslcd, which I remember using with samba-ad, as nscd
> didn´t like that ldap for some reason, and it has a different config
> file /etc/nslcd.conf
>
> I´d use nscd first, and if you run into trouble try nslcd.

    I had a similar requirement but only for the hell of it for several machines 
at home. All Debian (at the time) with NFS homes. It made 
installing/upgrading the  clients very easy.

There are several guides on the net but the one I found most useful for me
(the uninitiated) were the pages at spinlock (no affiliation).

http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/dklar/kerberos.html

These pages give a bit more explaination and debugging help than the Debian
and Ubuntu references. The order of installation and testing of the
components is particularly helpful.


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Best Regards

Martin Hodges