OK, so not sure how big this list is, but I hope to get better response then on the fedora forums. I will start this on a high/basic level to make sure i am headed in the right direction, We want a central database of users, so naturally I looked at openldap. It's not a 1-2-3 as much as Fedora's directory services seems. So I have installed it on a fedora machine, added my company DN, as well as a few test users. Now I setup my fc7 desktop to look @ him as an ldap server, pointed to that IP and saved. Tried to ssh in as a user not on the local machine but in the directory service thinking he would look to the DS server and authenticate, but it fails. So the high level question is, that is how it's supposed to work right? I used a windows ldap browser and connected, fetched the DN from a dropdown it found (confirming it's running, and has the right context) but couldn't browse the tree (I don't know if DS let's you view the tree via a basic ldap browser) But if the above is the case, there is a lot of reading but no clear cut client setup connect like this. There are pages of tree, scheme, etc. We are a small group 15 people but have 50+ servers, so it would be nice to have a single login place, so any help, step in the right direction will be appreciated. I tried openldap, was able to browse the tree, but the same result when I tried to ssh in as my test user. So I guess I am interested if people are really using this or sticking with another ldap solution. Thanks.