linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to configure LDAP Server

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to configure LDAP Server

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 03:32:00AM -0700, Hafiz Amir wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to know how LDAP is working, and how we can configure samba with LDAP in fedora and CentOS.
> I was going through some docs from google search but i was confused please help me to configure LDAP with samba according to samba share folder.
>

I had to laugh when I saw your comment about getting confused. (In
sympathy, not in contempt).

LDAP documentation is one of those things that make you go ARGH.

Now, I haven't used it with samba. However, I'd like to recommend my
own page--for me, at least, it's the page I wish I had had when first
trying to use LDAP.

http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/ldap.html

Although it doesn't cover samba, it does cover basic CentOS/Fedora LDAP.

Samba.org has a doc about LDAP and samba, but I don't know how good it
is. (We haven't had a need for it at work, and I had enough issues
worrying about the things for which we DO have a need.)

So, I would say, start with my article, which will, (I hope), give you a
place to start with LDAP itself. It's a pretty complex, albeit
fascinating, subject.

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