Month: January 2011

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LDAP install guide CentOS

At first sight a good explanation on setting up an ldap on a CentOS machine.

First we start looking at a low profile CentOS machine to activate on my ESXi. Follow these steps:

1) Getting CentOS:
http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_5&p=make_media

2) Preparing the ESXi instance:
http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_5&p=vmware_esxi&f=3

3) Installing CentOS:
http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_5&p=install

4) Installing LDAP:
http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_5&p=ldap&f=1

5) Testing LDAP:
… to be done … I will update the article once finished.

e.g.: http://vuksan.com/linux/LDAP_authentication_under_Linux.html

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Single account management

My goal is to set-up a service that can replace my AD server or my Mac OS X server.

First requirement:

All user-account log-ins are stored on a central password server.
Users can log-in from Mac OS X machines using the password on the password server.
Users can log-in from Windows machines using the password on the password server.
Users can log-in on Apache configurations using the password on the password server.

Auxiliary requirements:

Home folders are configured on the password server.
Home folders are configured on the password server but residing on a third server.
Users can log-in from Unix machines using the password on the password server.

Final goal:

Allow unlimited window users on a domain without buying individual CALs.
or
Replace Mac OS X server to run on commodity hardware.

Comments and remarks are welcome.