Linux password server?

[Stephen Shaw]

On 5/23/07, adam fisher <afisher at circlepix.com> wrote:
>
> Kenneth,
>
> I would have to agree with Micheal,  LDAP is really the way to go.
>
> I have set this up on a number of occasions and it really isn't that
> difficult.  It makes bringing up new servers rather easy as well.
>
> Adam
> ----- Kenneth Burgener <kenneth at mail1.ttak.org> wrote:
> > Maybe someone could point me in the right direction.  I have several
> > Linux servers, and maintaining users and passwords  individually
> > across
> > all of them is getting to be painful.  So I am hoping to find a
> > "Linux
> > password server" option that I can manage all users and passwords
> > from.
> > Google didn't appear to be much help, and kept pointing me to using
> > Samba (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux+password+server).
> > I
> > have heard there are several security issues with the Windows
> > authentication, and it seems overkill to use a Windows based
> > authentication scheme in a pure Linux environment.  Is there a
> > simple,
> > secure and lightweight Linux way of doing this (and by lightweight I
> > mean staying away from LDAP overkill as well).
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > If it helps, all of the servers are running Fedora Core 5 (64bit).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kenneth
> >
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Realistically LDAP is probably the best way to go.   What about that Fedora
Directory Service or whatever its called?

Stephen