From: Justin S. <lis...@ne...> - 2002-07-25 15:08:09
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Howdy all. I'm setting up a couple new machines to replace our mail server and our AUTH/HTTP box. I made a failed attempt at getting NIS to work. I think I could make it work in the end but our Webmail package would have to be replaced and that's not a project we're wanting to tackle right now. We're stick with my passwd syncing scripts for now. I'm now considering going straight to LDAP in the future. The main concern I have is how Webmin's Users and Groups module will work in the future (or my modified version for that matter). I'm not a LDAP buff so there may be something I'm missing. Our customer service reps use my stripped down Users and Groups module to add/delete users. Does Webmin have a way to interact with LDAP? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Justin |
From: Jamie C. <jca...@we...> - 2002-07-26 00:07:48
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Justin Shore wrote: > Howdy all. I'm setting up a couple new machines to replace our mail > server and our AUTH/HTTP box. I made a failed attempt at getting NIS to > work. I think I could make it work in the end but our Webmail package > would have to be replaced and that's not a project we're wanting to > tackle right now. We're stick with my passwd syncing scripts for now. > I'm now considering going straight to LDAP in the future. The main > concern I have is how Webmin's Users and Groups module will work in the > future (or my modified version for that matter). I'm not a LDAP buff so > there may be something I'm missing. Our customer service reps use my > stripped down Users and Groups module to add/delete users. Does Webmin > have a way to interact with LDAP? Any thoughts would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks You probably won't be able to use the Users and Groups module, as it works by directly editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. Maybe you could write a script that syncs those files back to your LDAP server, but ideally the module would have to be modified to connect to and update an LDAP server. That could be a fair bit of work though .. - Jamie |
From: Justin S. <lis...@ne...> - 2002-07-26 15:10:45
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At 10:07 AM +1000 7/26/02, Jamie Cameron wrote: >Justin Shore wrote: > >>Howdy all. I'm setting up a couple new machines to replace our >>mail server and our AUTH/HTTP box. I made a failed attempt at >>getting NIS to work. I think I could make it work in the end but >>our Webmail package would have to be replaced and that's not a >>project we're wanting to tackle right now. We're stick with my >>passwd syncing scripts for now. I'm now considering going straight >>to LDAP in the future. The main concern I have is how Webmin's >>Users and Groups module will work in the future (or my modified >>version for that matter). I'm not a LDAP buff so there may be >>something I'm missing. Our customer service reps use my stripped >>down Users and Groups module to add/delete users. Does Webmin have >>a way to interact with LDAP? Any thoughts would be greatly >>appreciated. Thanks > > >You probably won't be able to use the Users and Groups module, as it works >by directly editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. Maybe you could >write a script that syncs those files back to your LDAP server, but ideally >the module would have to be modified to connect to and update an LDAP server. >That could be a fair bit of work though .. That's what I was afraid of. I wouldn't be able to write my own module given my existing abilities. I managed to hack up the existing users and groups one pretty good. I wasn't starting from scratch there though. There's got to be some management solution for LDAP, even if it isn't via Webmin. Before I can switch I need to iron out all these little details. :) Thanks for the input Justin -- -- Justin Shore, ES-SS ES-SSR Pittsburg State University Network & Systems Manager Kelce 157Q Office of Information Systems Pittsburg, KS 66762 Voice: (620) 235-4606 Fax: (620) 235-4545 http://www.pittstate.edu/ois/ Warning: This message has been quadruple Rot13'ed for your protection. |
From: David M. <mor...@os...> - 2002-07-30 23:57:30
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google search for ispman. I'm toying with the idea of writing an ispman module for webmin. no promises, though. ;) -- David Morton (620) 342-9297 Vice President mor...@os... Osprey Network Technologies, Inc. 1015 Scott Emporia, KS 66801 > -----Original Message----- > From: web...@li... > [mailto:web...@li...]On Behalf Of Justin > Shore > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:11 AM > To: web...@li... > Subject: Re: LDAP and user management with Webmin > > > At 10:07 AM +1000 7/26/02, Jamie Cameron wrote: > >Justin Shore wrote: > > > >>Howdy all. I'm setting up a couple new machines to replace our > >>mail server and our AUTH/HTTP box. I made a failed attempt at > >>getting NIS to work. I think I could make it work in the end but > >>our Webmail package would have to be replaced and that's not a > >>project we're wanting to tackle right now. We're stick with my > >>passwd syncing scripts for now. I'm now considering going straight > >>to LDAP in the future. The main concern I have is how Webmin's > >>Users and Groups module will work in the future (or my modified > >>version for that matter). I'm not a LDAP buff so there may be > >>something I'm missing. Our customer service reps use my stripped > >>down Users and Groups module to add/delete users. Does Webmin have > >>a way to interact with LDAP? Any thoughts would be greatly > >>appreciated. Thanks > > > > > >You probably won't be able to use the Users and Groups module, > as it works > >by directly editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. Maybe > you could > >write a script that syncs those files back to your LDAP server, > but ideally > >the module would have to be modified to connect to and update an > LDAP server. > >That could be a fair bit of work though .. > > That's what I was afraid of. I wouldn't be able to write my own > module given my existing abilities. I managed to hack up the > existing users and groups one pretty good. I wasn't starting from > scratch there though. There's got to be some management solution for > LDAP, even if it isn't via Webmin. Before I can switch I need to > iron out all these little details. :) Thanks for the input > > Justin > -- > > -- > Justin Shore, ES-SS ES-SSR Pittsburg State University > Network & Systems Manager Kelce 157Q > Office of Information Systems Pittsburg, KS 66762 > Voice: (620) 235-4606 Fax: (620) 235-4545 > http://www.pittstate.edu/ois/ > > Warning: This message has been quadruple Rot13'ed for your protection. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > - > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at > web...@li... > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > |
From: Justin S. <lis...@ne...> - 2002-07-31 20:29:48
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At 6:55 PM -0500 7/30/02, David Morton wrote: >google search for ispman. > >I'm toying with the idea of writing an ispman module for webmin. no >promises, though. ;) Interesting! Thanks! Justin -- -- Justin Shore, ES-SS ES-SSR Pittsburg State University Network & Systems Manager Kelce 157Q Office of Information Systems Pittsburg, KS 66762 Voice: (620) 235-4606 Fax: (620) 235-4545 http://www.pittstate.edu/ois/ Warning: This message has been quadruple Rot13'ed for your protection. |