[luau] HOWTO: System Auth with OpenLDAP

[cpaul at telemetrybox.org]

> >>Now if we could only get it to work...
> >
> >It is working now - the problem we are having has to do with 
> >PHPGroupware setup.
> 
> A hypothetical:  if the single box used to centralize logins and 
> passwords goes down, do the clients lose access to the servers and one 
> another in the network because they cannot be authenticated?
> 

LDAP clients can be configured to authenticate off of several servers, and the servers can replicate data between them quite easily.  So, it is quite easy to set up a resilient LDAP authentication system.


















Although Personally, I think LDAP Sucks.

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