LDAP

From NURDspace

For use with Spacenet we've installed OpenLDAP on NURDServer. On the new Nurdserver v2 we're going serious with LDAP.

Working implementations on Nurdserver v1 (nurdserver)

Working implementations on Nurdserver v2 (nurdservices)

Connected workstations

Status

FusionDirectory is running on a new VM called NURDserver_v2#nurdservicesnurdservices on the proxmox system of Nurdserver v2. Most users are migrated.

It can be accessed on http://nurdservices/fusiondirectory from within the network.

On Sinterklaas, Vjdeb and the PrinterPC I've got it to work as I think it should be for the local users that existed:

  • Homedirs moved to nfs mount from Nurdservices
  • Local homedirs and users deleted (except user 'printer' on PrinterPC)
  • /home/ is mounted over nfs on boot
  • LDAP users can log in and see their homedirs as if nothing has changed
  • Users in the LDAP 'sudo' group can sudo on connected workstations.
  • Homedir is created on NFS-export when adding a user to LDAP (like this)

Setting up other workstations in this way

To get this to work you need to:

  • create all local users in LDAP (if they don't exist already)
  • move homedirs to nurdservices (fix ownership if needed)
  • delete local users (optional)
  • delete local homedirs
  • install libnss-ldapd
  • config the binddn (read-user) in pam_ldap.conf and nslcd.conf (this is needed to look up the cn based on the UID the user inputs)
  • mount /home from nurdservices over nfs
  • configure the ldap in nss and pam (no ssl, so ldap://nurdservices/)
  • if sudo doesn't work until you type 'id': lower the minimum_uid to 100 instead of the original 1000 in /etc/pam.d/common-* (why this works is kind of a mystery)

Also useful: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/OpenLDAP_installation_on_Debian#NSS_configuration

To do

  • FTPd
  • Samba?
  • Get a certificate, allow access only over TLS
  • Setting "change password on first login" in FusionDirectory doesn't get enforced through PAM
  • Migrate all local users on Infra machines to LDAP
  • Migrate all homedirs to Nurdservices
  • Migrate wiki users and merge them with other users
  • Use LDAP as userdb back-end for wiki (like so)
  • Add all relevant fields of Wiki users to LDAP profiles
  • Maintain Members page from LDAP (Like so, but this has limitations. Maybe only members details pages?)
  • Maintain sudo'ers only through the LDAP and disable local root accounts (backdoor in case of emergency?)
  • Disable all relevant services on Nurdserver v1