[klug] LDAP

[klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net]

Is there any chance you could have a look at the current setup and help 
me troubleshoot why the DNS is failing with LDAP when internet gets 
unplugged? Even though I'm thinking of completely switching the system, 
I think it would be good to know what the issue is.

Lancer.



Nathan Cook - nathan at coast-computers.co.nz wrote:

> Sounds like you've made up your mind then about going to NIS ;)
>
> Start setting up a plan of your network, and include what the IP 
> addresses etc will be where the PC's and servers will be loacted, so 
> that when it comes time to do the big change your not going to miss 
> anything ;)
>
> Good luck and if you need a hand drop me a line!
>
> Regards
>
> Nathan
>
> klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net wrote:
>
>> Yes, interesting. I've been going over the school setup piece by 
>> piece and can see a few apparent errors ( such as /etc/hosts 
>> containing what looks like an incorrect entry in client machines to 
>> the server, calling the domain tkja instead of tkja.co.nz as in the 
>> LDAP setup... such as a capital letter missing in "People" in a 
>> certain configuration file and a few other minor glitches) but I 
>> still can't see anything that would result in DNS to the LDAP being 
>> dropped when the internet cable is pulled. Whatever I "repair" the 
>> problem still remains.
>>
>> I sure wouldn't mind someone adventurous coming in and helping me 
>> sort out what the issue is here. Even if I do my own install from 
>> scratch, I'd like to at least know what's gone wrong here or thew 
>> curiosity will annoy me forever (lest I also hit the same problem again)
>>
>> After talking to Daryl over the 'phone, and through what some have 
>> said here, I'm thinking I might migrate (and start over) to NIS. LDAP 
>> apparently has a lot of features I'm not even close to wanting to 
>> use, which is probably itself complicating matters.
>>
>> In the next setup, I think I'll also add a hardware firewall and a 
>> proper internet server setup with the antiporn filters and everything 
>> to keep ERO happy next year. Probably the best time to aim for is the 
>> term break which is about one to two weeks away now.
>>
>> Lancer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nathan Cook - nathan at coast-computers.co.nz wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.anythinglinux.org/content/view/70/67/ interesting nes 
>>> here on Fedora and LDAP, could be something in there for you Lance?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Nathan
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