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2009-01-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
: ****Re: ****Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) > database howto/why... > From: craigwh...@azapple.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:21:16 -0700 > > On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 02:48 +, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > Here's the de

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2009-01-02 Thread Ed
@ UAT 1/10/09 12-3PM > > >> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:40:20 -0700 >> From: j...@nationnet.com >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> Subject: Re: Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database >> howto/why... >> >> Good point on TLS. The /

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 21:08 -0700, Joe wrote: > Sorry Craig, I had to jump in again. smbpasswd -w drives you crazy? From > the Eating Security page, this is what I was talking about eariler: > > "Another file with a plain text password is /etc/ldap.secret. This file > must contain the rootdn pas

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2009-01-02 Thread Joe
Sorry Craig, I had to jump in again. smbpasswd -w drives you crazy? From the Eating Security page, this is what I was talking about eariler: "Another file with a plain text password is /etc/ldap.secret. This file must contain the rootdn password in plain text, but is again somewhat mitigated wi

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 02:48 +, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Here's the definitive guide for hammering down LDAP, noting defaults > for use, etc. > http://eatingsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/openldap-security.html I'd hardly call it a definitive guide to hammering down LDAP when there are only 2 A

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2009-01-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
2008/11/openldap-security.html www.Obnosis.com | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | (503)754-4452 January PLUG HackFest = Kristy Westphal, AZ Department of Economic Security Forensics @ UAT 1/10/09 12-3PM > Subject: Re: ****Re: ****Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database

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2009-01-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
r administration with access to the hash also. www.Obnosis.com | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | (503)754-4452 January PLUG HackFest = Kristy Westphal, AZ Department of Economic Security Forensics @ UAT 1/10/09 12-3PM > Subject: Re: ****Re: ****Re: Linux Administration - Users

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2009-01-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
i, 2 Jan 2009 16:40:20 -0700 > From: j...@nationnet.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any)database > howto/why... > > Good point on TLS. The /etc/ldap.secret is where I had the problem. If > you

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 16:40 -0700, Joe wrote: > Good point on TLS. The /etc/ldap.secret is where I had the problem. If > you put that file on an end users machine, wouldn't they be able to boot > into single user mode or sudo and read that file? Doesn't that file > provide the keys to the kingdo

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 16:40 -0700, Joe wrote: > Good point on TLS. The /etc/ldap.secret is where I had the problem. If > you put that file on an end users machine, wouldn't they be able to boot > into single user mode or sudo and read that file? Doesn't that file > provide the keys to the kingdo

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2009-01-02 Thread Joe
Good point on TLS. The /etc/ldap.secret is where I had the problem. If you put that file on an end users machine, wouldn't they be able to boot into single user mode or sudo and read that file? Doesn't that file provide the keys to the kingdom? Once you have full read access to the directory. c

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2009-01-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
Security Forensics @ UAT 1/10/09 12-3 > Subject: Re: ****Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database > howto/why... > From: craigwh...@azapple.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:24:20 -0700 > > On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 13:09 -0700,

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 13:09 -0700, Joe wrote: > Craig, > > Thanks for the info on FreeIPA. It sounds like you have quite a bit of > experience with LDAP. Maybe you can answer some questions. > > In the past when I tried to configure LDAP with nsswitch, I remember > that I had to put the Admin c

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 10:07 -0700, Stephen wrote: > open-LikeWise will not synchronise as far as i can tell, its more of a > authentication tool, or the free one is. but if your on a Linux > machine and need to auth against a Domain its handy. > > It also appears that the next version of freeIPA (

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2009-01-02 Thread Stephen
open-LikeWise will not synchronise as far as i can tell, its more of a authentication tool, or the free one is. but if your on a Linux machine and need to auth against a Domain its handy. It also appears that the next version of freeIPA (2.0) is looking to make it less fedora only. which will be v

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2009-01-02 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 15:55 +, Lisa Kachold wrote: > AD takes care of the Windows side completely to include Domain Admin, > etc. OpenLDAP is trivial to configure for this. > > open-likewise simply puts it's own framework over it all. > I would build up test systems to see what you like, but

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2009-01-02 Thread Stephen
Jan 2009 08:47:23 -0700 >> From: cryptwo...@gmail.com >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> Subject: Re: Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database >> howto/why... >> >> ok now here is a question. >> >> how well would this concept play w

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2009-01-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
stphal, AZ Department of Economic Security Forensics @ UAT 1/10/09 12-3PM > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:47:23 -0700 > From: cryptwo...@gmail.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database > howto/why... >

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2009-01-02 Thread Stephen
t = Kristy Westphal, AZ Department of Economic Security > Forensics @ UAT 1/10/09 12-3PM > >> Subject: Re: Re: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database >> howto/why... >> From: craigwh...@azapple.com >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> Date: Thu,

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2009-01-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
actually have the WINDOWS ADMINS DO USER MAINTENANCE www.Obnosis.com | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | (503)754-4452 January PLUG HackFest = Kristy Westphal, AZ Department of Economic Security Forensics @ UAT 1/10/09 12-3PM > Subject: Re: ****Re: Linux Administrati

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2009-01-01 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 11:24 -0500, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: > I think that LDAP is overkill for my application. > My users will authenticate only in/for one server, and probably to either > update a WEB site or drop/retrieve e-mail. > > Some users may have WEB sites, some users may have e-

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2009-01-01 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 09:01 -0700, Joe wrote: > That is a great question. First, let me say I don't have an answer. The > reason I'm responding is that Postgres scares me. The reason it scares > me is that I have had a number of times when upgrading postgres, the DB > files were not compatible w