I'm of moving most user accounts on a box from /etc/passwd to LDAP. I've got the basics down with PAM and nsswitch and so forth, but a couple parts of the process feel clunky. Before I go writing by ...

first, let me preface this with an acknowledgement of the fact that i am crazy for trying it and doing it. that said, i do have my linux (all fedora) machines using sssd to get posix user and group ...

Distinguished Names (DNs) are one of the least-understood LDAP server components. Get an introduction to them, and see how a virtual directory can help with DN management. Windows Server System (WSS) ...

Business computer networks employ the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, to distribute lists of information organized into hierarchies. To access a network's LDAP services, your computer ...