FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE and LDAP authentication

[Clement Laforet]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:22:20 +0200
"Eivind Hestnes" <eivind.hestnes at stabbursmoen.no> wrote:

> Hi,
Hi !
 
> We are interesting in using LDAP for authentication/indentification
> for our users (everything from sshd, login, samba, mail) Our servers
> are running FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE, and we are currently not planning to
> upgrade to FreeBSD 5.1 (due to lack of time)
> 
> I did a search on Google, and found this LDAP HOWTO for FreeBSD 5.1
> (http://www.cultdeadsheep.org/FreeBSD/docs/Quick_and_dirty_FreeBSD_5_
> x_and_nss_ldap_mini-HOWTO.html) As far as I understand, this kind of
> LDAP setup will _not_ work on FreeBSD 4.X. So here is our question:
> How can I make a similar LDAP authentication/indentification system
> for FreeBSD 4.7?
> 
> A reference to a HOWTO/or a step-by-step, would be great.

There are a lot of ways to emulate this.
1. use padl nss_ldap tweaks (see readme file)
2. use padl NIS/LDAP Gateway (if you have some money to spend)
3. use yptransitd
4. use easyLDAP (http://www.easyldap.org/?fbsd)

hope it helps.

regards

clem