[LUNI] Re: luni Digest, Vol 48, Issue 1

[David Ehle]

Samir,

I've run NIS, and I've run LDAP.  How difficult the  transition will be 
will depend on how deep you got into NIS for doing more than just simple 
auths. The package libnss-ldap should help make the transition mostly 
seamless.  However I feel compelled to pass along the same advice given to 
me... If your doing a serious configuration for more than a small business 
you should probably be looking at kerberos with an LDAP back end instead. 
Its a much bigger pain to set up but will probably serve you better, and 
more securely in the long run.

That said I've done installs of ldap auth twice now, once with openldap 
and once with fedora directory server so if you run into trouble feel free 
to drop me a message... though I'm far from a expert!

Good luck,

David.

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> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:59:31 -0600
> From: "Samir Faci" <sfaci at cs.uic.edu>
> Subject: [LUNI] NIS/Wordpress / LDAP
> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion"
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> I have an NIS network setup at work.  *pause for the shivers and
> screams to subside*
>
> So, my current dilemma is that I need wordpress to authenticate
> against NIS.  Has anyone ventured into those dangerous waters?   Is it
> feasible?
>
> Also, has anyone done an NIS to LDAP Migration?  I've only attempted
> to run LDAP once and I had issues with permissions and a few other
> newbie issues.  It still seems to be the better choice and the defacto
> choice for Centralized authentication in Linux.
>
> -- 
> Regards
> Samir Faci