Re: What is LDAP and is it useful on home network FC5?

On 2006-10-28, Dave {Reply Address In.sig} <noone$$@llondel.org> wrote:

The downside of using it for authentication is if you only have one LDAP
server and suddenly you have none. I had a go at it once and fell over
on this one.

Well, sure. :) It does make your LDAP server very important. The LDAP
server should always have a local account that can be used for non-root
logins in an emergency, and if possible the network should at least have
a machine capable of running an LDAP server from backups temporarily if
the primary server does have problems.

--keith

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