Cool, thanks. Guide looks pretty good! =) Appreciate it, - GM
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Ewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:33 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Etch and NSS with LDAP On Wednesday, 04.10.2006 at 10:23 -0400, Grok Mogger wrote: > Hey, thanks for your help. I'm still not totally clear on one thing > though. > > I am trying to set up a new Debian etch box. I want to handle > authentication (yes, for ssh) via LDAP instead of the regular > /etc/passwd and shadow files. I am under the impression that I cannot > do that without the libnss-ldap package. Am I right about that? I've > never set this up before, so I'm not sure. You need libpam-ldap too. There is a reasonably good HOWTO guide at http://www.moduli.net/pages/sarge-ldap-auth-howto - take a look there. Basically, the NSS package allows the local system to tie up local UID and GID with the right 'real' users in LDAP; the PAM package handles the authentication side of things. Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/462 - Release Date: 10/3/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/462 - Release Date: 10/3/2006 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]