Linux LDAP Authentication (Debian family)

This short guide should get your Linux box authenticating it’s users against a central LDAP server. Packages We start by installing the required packages. The package names below are valid for Debian Etch and Ubuntu Edgy, but should work for other Debian/Ubuntu derived distributions. apt-get install libpam-ldap libnss-ldap PAM Configuration In /etc/pam.d we are going … [Read more…]