[klug] LDAP

[Nathan Cook]

I should have a bit of time this weekend if that suits. Or maybe for a 
few hours this week at night, let me know when suits

klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net wrote:

> 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.
>
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> 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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