Comment 2 for bug 333437

Well, "if I was NOT going to configure any Ubuntu client to authenticate
using LDAP, I don't need libnss-ldap" = "I don't need to use libnss-ldap
component when my client is Windows". But it was not true, I have to
install and setup correcnt under SAMBA+LDAP environment.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Adam Sommer <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I
> guess I'm a little unclear on why the statement is misleading?
>
> You are correct when you say "this is a optional package if I was NOT
> going to configure any Ubuntu client to authenticate using LDAP". For
> example you can run OpenLDAP on your server and not configure it to
> authenticate users to the directory, but configure Ubuntu desktop
> machines to authenticate using libnss-ldap.
>
> Can you clarify this statement: "And laterly I found the libnss-ldap is
> a MUST have component regardless of your client type. If nss-ldap is not
> configured properly then you can't work out."
>
> Does that mean that you had to install libnss-ldap on the server in
> order to authenticate clients? Because on my servers I do not have
> libnss-ldap and they are able to authenticate clients just fine.
>
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-doc
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Adam Sommer (asommer)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Inappropriate description of using auth-client-config and libnss-ldap in
> Ubuntu OpenLDAP Server Documentation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333437
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>
> Status in Ubuntu Documentation: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> In the Ubuntu OpenLDAP Server document, the first line in the session of
> LDAP Authentication, the author said "the auth-client-config and libnss-ldap
> packages take the pain out of configuring an Ubuntu client to authenticate
> using LDAP." I am wondering this can be a misleading statement coz I was
> thinking of this is a optional package if I was NOT going to configure any
> Ubuntu client to authenticate using LDAP. In my case, all my client
> computers are windows XP, I'm configuring LDAP+Samba on Ubuntu. And laterly
> I found the libnss-ldap is a MUST have component regardless of your client
> type. If nss-ldap is not configured properly then you can't work out.
>