Configuring an LDAP Client

Our current LDAP server is doomsday.cs.fiu.edu (131.94.129.97).

1. Login as root at the local machine.
2. Install the necessary packages: aptitude install ldap-auth-client
3. During the installation of the packages you will be prompt for various information:
   • LDAP url: ldap://131.94.129.97
   • Distinguished name of the search base: dc=cs,dc=fiu,dc=edu
   • LDAP version to use: 3
   • Database requires logging in: no
   • If you want the local root to be the database admin: yes
   • Root login account: cn=admin,dc=cs,dc=fiu,dc=edu
   • Root password: mega@svm
4. Download configuration files ldap-files.tgz and untar it in the / directory: cd / && tar xzf ldap-files.tgz
5. Check if it connects to the server, you should see the lab users at the end of the output: getent passwd
6. Reboot the machine (not sure why but it's needed).
7. Login with any user from the LDAP domain.

• What happens with current users?

LDAP will only add users to the machine, existing users are preserved, however conflicts may occur if users have the same uids.

• What about files?

Currently there is no centralized file system, thus /home directories are local.