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save all changes without exiting the User and Group Administration dialog. Or click
Finish to close the administration dialog and to save the changes.
12.7 Changing the User
Authentication Method
When your machine is connected to a network, you can change the authentication
method you set during installation. The following options are available:
NIS
Users are administered centrally on a NIS server for all systems in the network.
For details, see Chapter 3, Using NIS (↑Security Guide).
LDAP
Users are administered centrally on an LDAP server for all systems in the network.
For details about LDAP, see Chapter 4, LDAP—A Directory Service (↑Security
Guide).
You can manage LDAP users with the YaST user module. All other LDAP settings,
including the default settings for LDAP users, have to be defined with the YaST
LDAP client module as described in Section “Configuring an LDAP Client with
YaST” (Chapter 4, LDAP—A Directory Service, ↑Security Guide) .
Kerberos
With Kerberos, a user registers once and then is trusted in the complete network
for the rest of the session.
Samba
SMB authentication is often used in mixed Linux and Windows networks. For de-
tails, see Chapter 24, Samba (↑Administration Guide).
eDirectory LDAP
eDirectory authentication is used in Novell networks.
To change the authentication method, proceed as follows:
1 Open the User and Group Administration dialog in YaST.
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