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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] sudo with ldap and active directory question

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] sudo with ldap and active directory question
  • From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:36:32 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Dumitru,
I haven't done that, but, maybe you could set up Samba to take domain info from AD, then get the sudoers info from Samba?


Rob





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> From: Dumitru Ciobanu <ciobanu [ dot ] dumitru [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca 
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:04:11 PM
>Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] sudo with ldap and active directory question
> 
>Hi Guys,
>
>I have a working ldap authentication using Active Directory as the
>ldap server (not my choice but ...).
>Linux distro is RHEL 5.8.
>As I said it works but:
>When I do a "getent passwd" the users are coming down in uppercase.
>Still not a problem but when trying to give different roles through
>sudo I have to list both the lowercase username and the uppercase
>username in the sudoers file. That is very annoying and adds up to the
>maintenance.
>So I'm asking if anybody's seen this before and how did you deal with?
>I'm not an ldap guru at all. I was able however to follow the on-line
>manual howto's and configure a working example.
>
>Also I know that the sudoers.ladap manual explains how to integrate
>sudo in active directory but the AD admins don't even want to hear
>about it.
>
>So if anybody has an idea it'll be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you much,
>Dumitru
>
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