From 00dcafdc7fe4995ecb6cf7f564b864caefa797ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seb36273 Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 19:13:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README.md --- README.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6d3981b..2acbe33 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,19 @@ # Openmediavault LDAP -This plugin connects to an OPEN-LDAP Server for centralized user management -and authentification. It adapts the official LDAP plugin for OMV4 to use it +This plugin connects OMV5 to an OPEN-LDAP Server for centralized user management +and authentification. It adapts the official LDAP plugin [1] for OMV4 to use it with OMV5. -Basically there aren't any fundamental changes yet. Actually it uses -PAM auth with *libnss-ldapd* as default. I will switch to the *libpam-ldapd* -later on. Maybe we should use PAM auth with SSSD in future. +Basically there aren't any fundamental changes yet. Actually you can use LDAP +for User- and Groupmanagement. Additionally you can activate PAM auth with +*libpam-ldap* system wide via LDAP. The name switch service is done with +*libnss-ldap*. For caching actually the NSCD service is used, maybe we should +SSSD in future. A good explanation of the pam auth and nss process will give +you the reference [4]. This repo is under development. Checkout the master branch for stable releases. If you encounter some problems make a new issue or write an email to *devel[at]nareo.de*. -I am not responsible for loss of data. Please -make always a full backup of your OMV machine before installing this plugin! +I am not responsible for loss of your data! Please make always a full backup +of your OMV machine before installing this plugin! ## Build DEBIAN package @@ -40,7 +43,9 @@ If you get in trouble, try: * change plugin settings * get omv ldap config with `omv-confdbadm read "conf.service.ldap"` -## Sources -* https://github.com/openmediavault -* https://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/PAM -* https://linux-club.de/wiki/opensuse/Samba_und_OpenLDAP +## References +* [1] https://github.com/openmediavault +* [2] https://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/PAM +* [3] https://linux-club.de/wiki/opensuse/Samba_und_OpenLDAP +* [4] https://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-ldap-server-and-its-clients-page-2/ +* [5] https://deepdoc.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=server_und_serverdienste:openldap_mit_samba_als_pdc_neues_backend \ No newline at end of file