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2 In Administration Settings, adjust the following settings:
2a Set the base for storing your user management data via Configuration Base
DN.
2b Enter the appropriate value for Administrator DN. This DN must be identical
with the
rootdn
value specified in
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf
to
enable this particular user to manipulate data stored on the LDAP server.
Enter the full DN (such as
cn=Administrator,dc=example,dc=com
)
or activate Append Base DN to have the base DN added automatically when
you enter
cn=Administrator
.
2c
Check Create Default Configuration Objects to create the basic configuration
objects on the server to enable user management via LDAP.
2d If your client machine should act as a file server for home directories across
your network, check Home Directories on This Machine.
2e Use the Password Policy section to select, add, delete, or modify the password
policy settings to use. The configuration of password policies with YaST is
part of the LDAP server setup.
2f Click OK to leave the Advanced Configuration, then Finish to apply your
settings.
Use Configure User Management Settings to edit entries on the LDAP server. Access
to the configuration modules on the server is then granted according to the ACLs and
ACIs stored on the server. Follow the procedures outlined in
Section 4.4.2, “Configuring
the YaST Group and User Administration Modules” (page 53).
4.4.2 Configuring the YaST Group and User
Administration Modules
Use the YaST LDAP client to adapt the YaST modules for user and group administration
and to extend them as needed. Define templates with default values for the individual
attributes to simplify the data registration. The presets created here are stored as LDAP
LDAP—A Directory Service 53