I have been using LDAP as a central data store for a very long time. Back when I had a home Asterisk PBX, I had an LDAP directory that functioned as a household phone book and source of caller-ID data for the IP phones installed through the home. This LDAP directory was also the authentication … Continue reading LDAP on z/VM as an Open Authentication Source
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The next phase in tidying up my user authentication environment in the lab was to enable SSL/TLS on the z/VM LDAP server I use for my Linux authentication (I'll discuss the process on the DeveloperWorks blog, and put a link here). Apart from being the right way to do things, LDAP authentication appears to require SSL or TLS in … Continue reading What a difference a working resolver makes
In 2009 I was part of the team that produced the Redbook "Security for Linux on System z" (find it at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247728.html ). Part of my contribution was a discussion about using the z/VM LDAP Server to provide Linux...
I was about to post about how pleased I was with Synergy in helping me tidy up my desktop clutter (by removing a keyboard and mouse from the surface). Ironically, I'm instead posting about a problem with the configuration that will cause me to throw it out and look for something else. Why the title? … Continue reading Security blows
Never thought I could get this excited about something to do with a Windows server! But there it is -- one of my SLES 9 test servers is now supporting logons from a user account stored in Active Directory, with no Samba in sight!Before you say ANYTHING, this is not an indication that the Crossed Wires … Continue reading Active Directory accounts on Linux
We bit the bullet here at the new Ellendale data centre. LDAP authentication! Works like a bought one.Coinciding with the relocation of the prime server from Rubicon DC to Ellendale DC, we've implemented LDAP authentication for Linux and Mac OS X clients. There's also automounted home directories to boot! It went quite smoothly, all things considered. Now will come … Continue reading Veejoe goes LDAP
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