[KLUG Members] LDAP

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > They integrate NSS identity calls and PAM authentication with an LDAP
> > DSA.
> I was reading following article on integrating Linux into Windows 2000
> network with ADS. I am unable to understand what is role of nss_ldap and
> pam_ldap in this setup. As far as I got it from article nss_ldap is used for
> lookup into ldap database that is ADS and pam_ldap for auth. Is this true or
> I am missing something?

Nope, that is pretty much right.  NSS (***NAME*** Service Switch)
processes identity issues on behalf of glibc (UID 0 is User "root", 
Host "jujubeen" is 192.168.12.33, etc...) while PAM handles chat-expect
forms of authentication (you enter username and password, etc...)