[Fedora-directory-users] Groups

ashley ashley at csse.uwa.edu.au
Thu Aug 9 08:35:31 UTC 2007


Its done at the same time as you create the user via the GUI or via the 
ldif file where you have to add the object type posixgroup explicitely

Quick run down you can find it here doing via ldif command line

http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~ashley/fedora-ds/fedora-ds-command-09082006.htm

 						Regards Ashley



On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Ted X Toth wrote:

> Satish Chetty wrote:
>> Ted X Toth wrote:
>>> Maybe this isn't the right place to ask this but ... I've set up fedora-ds 
>>> in order to do network logins via ldap. I've configured ssh to use 
>>> pam_mkhomedir and pam_ldap. I used a copy of Example.ldif changed the root 
>>> dn and configuring my users and imported it. I used the console to make my 
>>> users posix users adding their uid and gid. When I ssh into the box as a 
>>> user not configured on the box the user home dir and contents specified in 
>>> /etc/skel are created but the gid is a numeric value as the group doesn't 
>>> exist on the box. Do I need to create the groups of network logins on all 
>>> the client boxes? I don't see a way to associate a gid with a group in 
>>> fedora-ds. What's the right way top
>>     You can create group on the client to match the gidnumber in the ldap. 
>> Alternatively, you can create a posixgroup entry in the LDAP.
>> 
>> -Satish.
>> 
>>> handle this?
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> Ok so how do I add a posixgroup entry in LDAP?
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