04-Dec-02 at 20:23, jmc_cs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > > Hi Simon, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: Can LDAP be used to authenticate /etc/passwd ? > > > > 04-Dec-02 at 19:12, Sarick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > > Hi all, > > > Can the LDAP be used to authenticate a user whose username and password > is > > > stored in /etc/passwd?? > > > > How is the LDAP server going to read the username in /etc/passwd? > > > > Passwords are not stored in /etc/passwd, just usernames. > > Passwords are usually in /etc/shadow, YMMV > yes. My question is, can I use LDAP to authenticate the users who having the > accounts on Linux , with EAP-MD5 authentication? > That is, to read the usernames from /etc/passwd and passwords from > /etc/shadow. > How?
You can't. You can store the hashes that are in shadow in LDAP probably. I think, however, that your approach is probably wrong. -- |-Simon White, Internet Services Manager, Certified Check Point CCSA. |-MTDS Internet, Security, Anti-Virus, Linux and Hosting Solutions. |-MTDS 14, rue du 16 novembre, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. |-MTDS tel +212.3.767.4861 - fax +212.3.767.4863 - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
