> Hi, > > Similar to this request, does anyone have any wisdom on a good way to > set up CVS authentication via LDAP, but in a manner which allows the password > to be secured as it travels across the network? > > Currently we already have LDAP up and running, and we use CVS version > 1.11.17. I could upgrade this to a 1.12 version with PAM support, but I'm not > inclined to bother doing that until I have a solution to the authentication > issue. > > In my research I came across one possibility which uses "stunnel", > which is SSL tunneling software I'm not familiar with, but I'm wondering if > anyone has had experience using this or any similar method for CVS user > authentication. > > I understand this is all probably a familiar question to everyone, but > if someone could point me toward some basic information that would help me to > implement this, I would appreciate it. > > Thank you, > - Mark > > > From: cvs admin > Subject: CVS authentication using LDAP. > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:17:23 +0530 > _____ > > Hi , > > In the present scenario, we have usernames/passwords stored for each > repository on the CVS system itself. We would like to use the LDAP server for > CVS authentication which stores all the Network login IDs and passwords. This > way we wouldn't have to store passwords on the server and users will have to > remember only their network/windows login password. > > For this, we might have to install some system level packages related to PAM > (which supports LDAP authentication). > > So anybody have any links or docs to configure the LDAP on Red Hat Enterprise > Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 2) > > > Thanks for help in advance. > > cheers > Om > >
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