[Fedora-directory-users] Solaris Client

Brian Martinez martinez_brain at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 14 21:07:04 UTC 2005


Gentlemen,

Thank you for the assistance...we will implementing your suggestions 
immediately.  I wll respond with results soon.

Again, thank you for your rapid and helpful responses...

>From: Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com>
>Reply-To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server 
>project." <fedora-directory-users at redhat.com>
>To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project." 
><fedora-directory-users at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Solaris Client
>Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:21:01 -0600
>
>Brian Martinez wrote:
>
>>George,
>>
>>That is correct, we are attempting to use the FDS7 as a central 
>>authentication system for Solaris 10 NSS Clients with a PAM backend.
>>
>>We believe that we are missing the proper schemas on the server 
>>(DUAConfigProfile and Solaris) to support the Solaris Clients.  The ones 
>>on Tay's website seem to be in the wrong format (schema instead of 
>>ldif)...or we just dont know how to import them!
>
>You can use this script 
>http://www.directory.fedora.redhat.com/download/ol-schema-migrate.pl
>found on this page 
>http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:OpenLDAPMigration
>to convert .schema files to .ldif schema files. e.g.
>perl ol-schema-migrate.pl solaris.schema > 
>slapd-myhost/config/schema/61solaris.ldif
>Then restart slapd
>
>>
>>We have been scrounging his site for clues/ideas...developers on the 
>>client side are convinced the server is the issue...developers on the 
>>server side believe it is the client.  My take is that we already have the 
>>server "most" of the way, because we are successfully authenticating Linux 
>>clients securely to the FDS7 server and we are missing some essential 
>>piece on the server side to solve the Solaris puzzle.
>>
>>If you have any further thoughts, ideas, or prayers...feel free to send 
>>them our way.
>>
>>>From: "George Holbert" <gholbert at broadcom.com>
>>>Reply-To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server 
>>>project." <fedora-directory-users at redhat.com>
>>>To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project." 
>>><fedora-directory-users at redhat.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Solaris Client
>>>Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:08:06 -0700
>>>
>>>Hi Brian,
>>>
>>>By "Solaris Clients", I assume you mean Solaris naming service (for 
>>>passwd, group, etc.).
>>>
>>>The answer is yes.  Any modern, properly configured LDAP server, 
>>>including Fedora DS, can support Solaris naming service.  However, 
>>>getting the server "properly configured" can be tricky.
>>>
>>>However, since Sun's own directory server ("Sun Java Enterprise System 
>>>Directory Server") is so very similar to Fedora DS, much of the same 
>>>preparation methods and documentation regarding SunDS will apply directly 
>>>to Fedora DS.
>>>
>>>A good starting point would be Gary Tay's fine documentation at:
>>>http://web.singnet.com.sg/~garyttt/
>>>
>>>Gary's docs were written around iPlanet/Sun DS, but as I mentioned, 
>>>pretty much all of this should also apply to Fedora DS.
>>>
>>>Good luck!
>>>-- George
>>>
>>>
>>>Brian Martinez wrote:
>>>
>>>>All,
>>>>
>>>>Does the Fedora DS support Solaris Clients?  If so, where can I find 
>>>>information, schema examples, etc....
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>
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