[Cialug] sharing user credentials

[David Bierce]

LDAP (OpenLDAP, eDirectory, Fedora DS) seems to be what you're  
looking for.  You can use nss_ldap for User/Group info and even  
passwords if you want (Though Kerberos is cool).  LDAP is also has  
pretty wide support for a lot of applications depending on your  
doing.  You can also configure PAM to create home directories on  
login.  LDAP is pretty NAT happy as long as both sides aren't NAT'd.

And of course as I type I see Josh responded with the same answer as  
I typed...ah well <SEND> :)

David Bierce

On Oct 10, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> Lets say you have 2 computers, each with a number of virtual hosts,  
> say 5 regulars (total) and you occassionally bring up new hosts for  
> short-term projects. You've got a couple users with sudo access and  
> a couple users without.
>
>  * You want to be able to quickly add users to all virtual hosts  
> and likewise revoke the users in the same way.
>  * NFS cannot be used, nor can Samba, nor can Gnome VFS
>  * It should be easy to add an ssh key to all the hosts
>  * It would be nice if the user's home directories were available  
> on all hosts but not a necessity
>
> How would you accomplish the above?
>
> How about if you have a third computer on a distant network (behind  
> NAT) that also wants to benefit from the above shared authentication?
>
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