Howto LDAP userAuth

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Howto setup user authentication on the LDAP server and on the Client

Server

Client

• In Yast2 go to "Network Services" and start the "LDAP-client"
• Tick of "Use LDAP"
• Try to search for the LDAP server, if the SLP search does not find it try disabling the firewall (rcSuSEfirewall2 stop) and retry. If it still does not show up enter the IP adress or the network name of the server.
• Make sure that the "LDAP SSL/TLS" is not hooked of.
• Click "Get DN" and select the top entry

• If you are running with /home on the client machine, tick off to make home at log on.
• If you are using automounter, tick of that. It is ok to create at login in this case also as it makes it possible to log on even if the remote /home should be unavailable.

Fixing the SLP client Firewall issue permanently

• Start Yast2 and go to "Security and users" and start the "Firewall"
• Go to "Allowed services"on the left bar and then hit "Advanced".
• Add UDP port 2407. This is the return port used from the SLP server.

Reference documentation

There is quite a lot of information in chapter 27 in the openSUSE 10.2 Manual.

http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse102/