> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of anax > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 12:24 > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Hi Sorin > we use here LDAP authentication and mail-control since more than 10 years. > At that time, we did the conversion from passwd/shadow to LDAP using the > tools on > http://www.padl.com/download/ > which are still available, probably in a newer version... > > To represent a person or a service in LDAP we use the objectclasses: > objectClass: account > objectClass: posixAccount > objectClass: top > objectClass: shadowAccount > objectClass: mailRecipient > > To represent a mail user for postfix we use the objectlcasses: > > objectClass: top > objectClass: person > objectClass: organizationalPerson > objectClass: inetOrgPerson > objectClass: qmailUser > > To represent a Domain which we serve mail-wise we use the objectclasses: > objectClass: qmailControl > objectClass: top > > > We also have developed an LDAP via Web Interface, which we use > exclusively for LDAP administration. > > We have two LDAP servers, syncronized via syncrepl. > > suomi > > > > On 2014-01-28 10:02, Sorin Srbu wrote: > > > > The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me to > > keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to > > administrate. NIS seems to be able to do that. Thank you. Can I use just the user authentication (uid/pwd) part and skip the whole mail-cocacho, or do these two go hand in hand when using LDAP? -- //Sorin