Comment 3 for bug 333437
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| Adam Sommer (asommer) wrote Re: [Bug 333437] Re: Inappropriate description of using auth-client-config and libnss-ldap in Ubuntu OpenLDAP Server Documentation | #3 |
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:51 AM, georgehu <email address hidden> wrote:
> Well, "if I was NOT going to configure any Ubuntu client to authenticate
> using LDAP, I don't need libnss-ldap" = "I don't need to use libnss-ldap
> component when my client is Windows". But it was not true, I have to
> install and setup correcnt under SAMBA+LDAP environment.
>
Apologies you are correct, when using Samba and LDAP the server needs to be
configured to lookup names in LDAP. There is actually a note in the first
paragraph of the Samba and LDAP Section:
"This section covers configuring Samba to use LDAP for user, group, and
machine account information and authentication. The assumption is, you
already have a working OpenLDAP directory installed and the server is
configured to use it for authentication."
I've also added a note to the end of the LDAP Authentication section. Do
you think that this is sufficient to solve the bug?
For you original question about this statement:
"the auth-client-config and libnss- ldap packages take the pain out of
configuring an Ubuntu client to authenticate using LDAP."
I think the statement is valid because using those tools to configure LDAP
authentication saves you from having to edit 5 separate files. Hopefully
things are more clear with the additional note?
Thanks again for reporting this bug.
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Party On,
Adam