Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Authentication with LDAP or NIS

["Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

This is Apache's job.  It can be done.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html
http://www.math.tu-clausthal.de/~matsa/linux/apache-nis/

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On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Everett, Vernon <
Vernon.Everett (at) woodside.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi all
>
> I was asked this morning if we can authenticate Hobbit users against our
> company LDAP or NIS.
> We have multiple hobbit "administrators" and it would be good to keep track
> of who acknowledged or updated issues, but maintaining the passwords
> manually will be a pain.
>
> Has anybody done this before?
> If so, how?
>
> Regards
>     Vernon
>
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