[sclug] Centralised Authentication

[Matt]

* David Given <dg at cowlark.com> [2005-10-31 15:14:18]:
> On Monday 31 October 2005 13:46, Peter Brewer wrote:
> [...]
> > The number of machines that we are managing in our group is growing and
> > we would like to implement some sort of centralised pwd management.  Can
> > anyone suggest the simplest options i.e. can be implemented in an
> > afternoon!  We are running Ubuntu hoary, Ubuntu breezy and Debian woody
> > on our various machines.
> 
> One of the gnarliest hacks I ever perpetrated was setting up a distributed 
> password system of a network of Linux-based terminals. What I did was to have 
> the main server NFS export /etc/passwd; then I had each client mount it over 
> the top of its own /etc/passwd as part of the boot procedure. (You can export 
> single files in NFS.)

My eyes!

LDAP or NIS should be the easiest FSVO easiest. There are also PAM
modules for using things like MySQL databases or RADIUS servers.

Matt
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