From: "Mantas Mikulėnas" <grawity@gmail.com>
To: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net
Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] YP / NIS / NIS+ / LDAP
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 00:58:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPWNY8UPFuK2B=gBVE4JwQVrpDvDu10_ngtCFoNVHjeZAnG0yA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f99e4c98-d584-d823-a581-0d6c3b9c3420@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net>
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On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 11:34 PM Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with YP / NIS / NIS+ / LDAP as a central
> directory on Unix?
>
> I'm contemplating playing with them for historical reasons.
>
> As such, I'm wondering what the current evolution is for a pure Unix
> environment. Read: No Active Directory. Is there a current central
> directory service for Unix (or Linux)? If so, what is it?
>
> I'm guessing it's LDAP combined with Kerberos, but I'm not sure.
>
As far as I know, LDAP is very much in use in the Linux world – via nslcd
or SSSD as clients; OpenLDAP (blech) or 389-ds as "build from scratch"
servers. There's also FreeIPA which tries to be an integrated solution.
(But even if you seek a pure Linux/Unix environment, I suspect AD is what
keeps LDAP from being replaced – because as long as there are clients for
AD, there will be clients for pure LDAP as well.)
Kerberos exists too, but somewhat less common – FreeIPA includes it by
default, but many people just piggyback on LDAP bind as password-based
authentication and use SSH keys for passwordless (because apparently
protocols other than SSH and HTTPS don't exist anymore). The MIT Kerberos 5
suite is still actively maintained and receives new features, such as
S-PAKE), whereas Heimdal appears to be on life support.
(Speaking of zombies, Linux glibc still comes with Hesiod support built
in...)
Many people's idea of a central directory nowadays appears to be "deploy an
/etc/passwd via Salt or Ansible".
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-04 20:51 Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-04 21:46 ` Ben Greenfield via TUHS
2018-11-04 22:45 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-11-04 22:58 ` Mantas Mikulėnas [this message]
2018-11-04 23:49 ` Warner Losh
2018-11-05 3:16 ` Robert Brockway
2018-11-05 6:08 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 7:24 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-05 7:33 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-05 16:12 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-11-05 19:32 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 22:43 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-11-06 5:25 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 16:50 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-11-06 19:43 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 19:27 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 19:36 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 21:36 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-05 23:12 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 21:43 ` Ben Greenfield via TUHS
2018-11-06 4:58 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 12:59 ` Ben Greenfield via TUHS
2018-11-06 6:53 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-06 13:21 ` Ben Greenfield via TUHS
2018-11-06 13:44 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-06 14:00 ` Ben Greenfield via TUHS
2018-11-06 13:46 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-05 22:34 ` Dan Cross
2018-11-06 5:24 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 7:07 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-06 17:30 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 19:58 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2018-11-06 22:24 ` Dan Cross
2018-11-07 0:35 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-07 11:37 ` Pete Turnbull
2018-11-07 17:30 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-07 22:01 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-11-08 1:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-11-07 23:00 ` Pete Turnbull
2018-11-07 1:03 ` Pete Turnbull
2018-11-06 12:54 ` Ben Greenfield via TUHS
2018-11-05 20:10 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-11-05 3:49 ` Larry McVoy
2018-11-05 6:12 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-05 19:58 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-11-05 22:53 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 1:28 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-11-05 15:44 ` Larry McVoy
2018-11-05 18:38 ` arnold
2018-11-05 19:04 ` Larry McVoy
2018-11-05 21:21 ` Noel Hunt
2018-11-07 8:58 ` arnold
2018-11-07 14:05 ` arnold
2018-11-05 20:48 ` A. P. Garcia
2018-11-05 23:07 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 1:46 ` Dan Cross
2018-11-06 5:32 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 22:29 ` Dan Cross
2018-11-07 0:40 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-07 1:38 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-11-06 3:03 ` Robert Brockway
2018-11-06 5:03 ` David Arnold
2018-11-06 5:34 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2018-11-06 23:59 Norman Wilson
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