[SAC] VM LDAP Group Issue
Alex Mandel
tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Mon Jun 7 00:43:35 EDT 2010
On 06/06/2010 02:43 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Folks,
>
> In the process of setting up a custom ldap shell group for the qgis team so
> they can administer their Project VM, I discovered that the restriction of
> logins to the SAC Shell group was not actually working on any of the VMs.
> That means, anyone with shell attributes in the OSGeo LDAP could login to
> any of the VMs.
>
> After some trial and error, I have come to the conclusion the
> /etc/nsswitch.conf file needs to be edited, and the line:
>
> shadow: files ldap
>
> needs to be changed to:
>
> shadow: files
>
> as documented in:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/578
>
> I have changed all the VMs I'm aware of (those listed in the SAC Services
> wiki page), but the template VM used to create new VMs also needs to be
> changed. Ramereth suggested we file a ticket with OSL to start that VM
> but I'm not sure how to go about that process. Can someone point me to
> details and I'll document it?
>
> Best regards,
Filing a ticket is documented on
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSL
which is linked to the Service Status page.
Basically email them at their support email address listed on that page.
Thanks,
Alex
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