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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:49:17 -0700
From:      Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   5.x - which to install? (Was Re: LDAP, pam, nss)
Message-ID:  <B29DE1EC-FB6D-11D8-AE08-000393934006@npc-usa.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040831071244.U27214@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
References:  <181DE4A6-FAE4-11D8-AE08-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <20040831071244.U27214@gwdu60.gwdg.de>

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On 30 Aug, 2004, at 22:16, Konrad Heuer wrote:

>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>
>> In order to get centralized logins to work on my Linux Debian=20
>> computers
>> (authenticating of a RedHat Samba server), I have to:
>>
>> install libnss-ldap libpam-ldap.
>> Perform some configuration on the of /etc/libnss-ldap.conf and
>> /etc/pam-ldap.conf files.
>> Edit the /etc/nnsswitch.conf file.
>>
>> Then I can check that the packages have been installed by issuing the
>> command nscd.
>>
>> Finally to get authentication happening in specific applications, I =
go
>> to the directory /etc/pam.d/=A0 and edit the service files there =
though
>> which I want such authentication to occur.
>>
>> Now, of course, no one here is looking for instructions on how to do
>> something on Linux, but I was now wondering what it is I need to do =
on
>> my FreeBSD server to get this functionality working?  I can't seem to
>> find anything similar so far in my searches.
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers in the right direction.
>
> With FreeBSD 4.x, you won't get very far. But beginning with 5.x (not=20=

> to
> say 5.2.1-R), it's very similar. Install the following ports:
>
> /usr/ports/security/pam_ldap
> /usr/ports/net/nss_ldap
>
> Edit /usr/local/etc/ldap.conf, build /etc/nsswitch.conf, and edit the
> files within /etc/pam.d.
>
> Regards
>
> Konrad Heuer
> GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, kheuer2@gwdg.de

Taking into consideration that I want this server to be a Postfix=20
server w/Courier IMAP and as stable as possible and the aforementioned,=20=

of course, which version of 5.x should I install?



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