On Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:11 PM
Charles Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering what most people did for user management. I noticed
Most people use MySQL, followed by LDAP and then PostgreSQL. A few
people use Oracle, a few are in the process of trying to use MS-SQL.
Most switching occurs towards LDAP.
> OTRS seems to manage its own user space and I was wondering if there
> was 1) a reason for this
Portability. Speed. Ease.
> and 2) a way to have OTRS use either
> regular UNIX usernames/passwords combos or use any other external
> sources like NIS/NIS+ or LDAP.
Neither PAM nor NIS/NIS+ are directly supported, but LDAP is, alongside
HTTP_AUTH, what brings NIS/NIS+ and PAM back into the game, if you like
them to.
hth,
Robert Kehl
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