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?
Sarick
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