After getting OpenLDAP running, the next step is to get TLS authentication working. There are various tutorials around the net telling how to make self-signed certificates using openssl. Googling reveals quite a few problems with using self-signed certificates created with openssl with debian’s and ubuntu’s slapd that uses gnutls. For this example I’ll use the certtool that comes with the gnutls-bin.After getting OpenLDAP running, the next step is to get TLS authentication working. There are various tutorials around the net telling how to make self-signed certificates using openssl. Googling reveals quite a few problems with using self-signed certificates created with openssl with debian’s and ubuntu’s slapd that uses gnutls. For this example I’ll use the certtool that comes with the gnutls-bin.After getting OpenLDAP running, the next step is to get TLS authentication working. There are various tutorials around the net telling how to make self-signed certificates using openssl. Googling reveals quite a few problems with using self-signed certificates created with openssl with debian’s and ubuntu’s slapd that uses gnutls. For this example I’ll use the certtool that comes with the gnutls-bin.
The goal of this setup is to have OpenLDAP running so that users can authenticate to it using pam_ldap and nss-ldap can get user and group information.
All the schools function pretty much the same way. And this opens a huge potential to simplify the user management tools. One does not need to support every possible environment, but the user management flow used in the schools. I’m becoming certain, that the whole user management concept for schools can be rethought to make the whole process intuitive and take the pain away.All the schools function pretty much the same way. And this opens a huge potential to simplify the user management tools. One does not need to support every possible environment, but the user management flow used in the schools. I’m becoming certain, that the whole user management concept for schools can be rethought to make the whole process intuitive and take the pain away.All the schools function pretty much the same way. And this opens a huge potential to simplify the user management tools. One does not need to support every possible environment, but the user management flow used in the schools. I’m becoming certain, that the whole user management concept for schools can be rethought to make the whole process intuitive and take the pain away.
Opinsys will be present at Educa Helsinki on Jan 29th-30th at booth 1c20. Educa is the biggest show of the year in educational sector in Finland. We’ll be presenting our linux and ltsp based solutions and services for schools. People from our customer schools in Kauniainen and Ruovesi will be talking about their own experiences. [...]
