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Re: [PLUG] LDAP, authentication, and user information
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, xtian betz wrote:
> I am in the process of designing a networked system for schools. In this
> environment, a student would have a student id, username, email, home
> directory, and whatever else is useful. My problem seems to be that I want
> any student to be able to acess their account at any computer on the
> network. At first, I thought I would use NIS, but when I found it was
> insecure, I looked at LDAP and the ldap_pam module for authenication.
>
> My question(s) are as follows: Has anyone used either of these systems?
> Could you recommend a better alternative? Is an LDAP directory what I want
> for this type of information, and which free LDAP server should I use? If
> you know or have worked with ldap_pam or an NIS-like system, I would like
> to have your advice.
Give kerberos a look:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
-dwild
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