[Fedora-directory-devel] Is there any client interface for Linux other than pam_ldap?

[Richard Megginson]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> I apologize for being so long in responding to this, I had asked the 
> original question in February and a couple of replies indicated that 
> they were unsure what I wanted.  I believe that the following features 
> are critical on the client side:
>
> Ability of the user to supply their context.  I realize that this goes 
> beyond pam_ldap.  Specifically, it will require that both graphical 
> and text logins:
>     be able to accept a user name and context
>    pass it on to the 'authenticator' and deal with error conditions 
> (bad context, etc.)
Basically, enhanced gdm and "login".  What is the context?
>
> Both NDS and AD have this ability.
By NDS I assume you mean Novell eDirectory?  But in reality, you're 
talking about the whole client to server network stack in Netware and 
Windows.  This isn't just a server side thing.
> The NDS implementation is better technically but surfaces the problem 
> that users don't understand context.  AD accommodates the legacy 
> NetBIOS domain thinking which is a mistake in that it perpetuates flat 
> rather than hierarchical thinking.  Their "email address" thinking 
> might be better.
>
> The second enhancement would be to provide a way to have password 
> encryption without having to go to a full cryptographic 
> implementation.  The overhead is just a little too much.
SASL Digest MD5 or CRAM.
>
> If this raises more questions than answers I would be glad to 
> correspond with any one who is interested (and will do so in a little 
> more timely manner).
>
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