Configuring RHEL servers to authenticate with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

[Kenneth Holter]

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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Kenneth Holter <kenneho.ndu at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello all.
>
>
> I'd like to set my RHEL 4 and 5 servers up to authenticate with our Windows
> server 2008 Active Directory. Using "authconfig --update --enableldap
> --enableldapauth --ldapserver=ldap.example.com --ldapbasedn=dn=example,dn=com"
> and adding "binddn" and "bindpw" to the /etc/ldap.conf file, it looks like
> the linux box is connecting correctly to the AD server. But running "getent
> passwd <some-linux-user-defined-on-AD>" doesn't return any result.
>
> I'm suspecting that maybe it's my nss_ldap attribute mappings that are not
> correct. I have no attribute mapping defined, since I would think that there
> would be some default mappings that would work. Are there any default
> mapping, and in case what are they? Or maybe "authconfig" set up these
> mappings automatically? Any advice is appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Kenneth Holter
>
>
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