Tag: LDAP
Storage Management using Openfiler, Part 1
Many companies use the file-sharing features of a popular proprietary desktop operating system. The main constraint is the limit on simultaneous connections to a...
Setup Two-Factor Authentication using OpenOTP
This article is a description of how to use OpenOTP, by RCDevs, to set up a complete environment for two-factor authentication on various servers...
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 3: Resource Types & Example...
The previous article in this series focused on creating users, groups and files (based on home directories). Let's now look at the various types...
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 2: User & Group Management
In our last session, we had learnt how to set up a basic Puppet server and client architecture. Today, we will look at how...
OpenLDAP, Part 3: Understanding the LDAP Schema
In this article, we will explore LDAP concepts such as schema, ObjectClasses and attributes -- these will help us build an LDAP server capable...
OpenLDAP, Part 2: Adding Basic Security Measures
In the second part of the series on OpenLDAP, we'll cover rootdn password encryption with slappasswd, understand slapd.conf file structure, disable anonymous directory reads,...
OpenLDAP, Part 1: Setting Up the Directory Server
Let us begin this series on LDAP by setting up OpenLDAP on our machines and unravelling its mysteries as the series progresses.
OpenLDAP is the...