[K12OSN] importing and exporting student lists

[Les Bell]

Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:

>>
If the machines are going to be online at the same time, wouldn't the
best approach be to import your password files to LDAP and let the
others authenticate against it?
<<

Seconded. I tried using the Webmin cluster users and groups feature to
synchronize two Samba servers, but with limited success (or perhaps I
misunderstood what it was supposed to do). LDAP is the way to go, without a
doubt. It's a steep learning curve, though. I have a very fat manila folder
of printed-off HOW-TO's and other info, but am not much the wiser, although
at least I have it working in a test setup. Can anyone suggest any
particularly good books or other references on the topic?

(http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006bb65f/912ecdc5d22172a68625662800797758?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,LDAP
 is good, especially since it's free, but it was last updated in 1999, and
of course, says nothing about OpenLDAP)

Best,

--- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]