[K12OSN] LDAP Setup

[David Ackerman]

We are beginning to think of what we can do next with our K12ltsp server.  I
have noticed lately some discussion about samba and ldap.  We are just
beginning to think about this and do research.  

 

We have about 100 student users (mostly Windows).  We have a separate email
server and Moodle server (Ubuntu), both of which involve setting up 100 user
accounts each (a couple of days work at least).  Plus we run a separate
server presently SME to filter internet and provide network folders for
students, another administrative challenge to setup accounts.  We do not
have any way to know who is accessing forbidden sites because there are
dynamic ip addresses for the users.  All these servers go directly to the
internet via a firewall and routers.

 

Possible solution:  setup K12 (replace SME) to filter internet, provide
network folders, network login for students (thus we know what they are
doing), and possibly (?) run about 5 thin clients.  Perhaps then use this to
also administrate the email server and Moodle through LDAP (do we need a
reserved LAN connection between the servers which are not connected in
anyway?).

 

>From those with experience, is this asking too much from one machine?  Is
this a good scenario?

 

Are there any web sites with clear directions for novices to set up ldap?  I
think we can set up the samba basically. We've done some searching but it is
still cloudy.  It will take us a few weeks to be brave enough to set up a
test server.  Our goal, if this idea proves doable, is to implement this by
October.

 

This is a broad question, but we need to start somewhere.

 

Thanks.

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