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Re: authenticate ssh-user with ldap
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Oct 21 11:10, Christian Schmidt wrote:
>> I have sshd running on a Win XP system, which is _not_ (and sould
>> not be) connected to a domain.
>> How can I grant users which are authenticated with ldap on a
>> linux-system ssh-access to my system?
>> I could add a user with the same name to my XP system, but I could
>> not keep the passwd in sync.
>> One idea would be to authenticate the user with ldap, but I don't
>> know how this can be done.
>
> Why don't you use public key authentication?
Good point! I would need to set up the username and an arbitrary passwd and
ask him to send me his id_dsa.pub.
Can I use the openldap package for authentication, too, so no interaction
by the user is necessary?
Thanks
Christian
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