Monthly Archives: September 2004

More OS X & LDAP details

Here’s what I know so far:
First you should know that I am ignoring the Apple documentation, because I cannot get their recommendations to work.
My biggest problem is that I am trying to get a client that has existing user accounts to authenticate on the network using LDAP Bind authentication.
NetInfo stands in the way of this […]

Misc.

I’m gonna be out of town for a few days, and I wanted to make a post before I go, so here goes.
I am an avid websurfer and lover of pop culture, which is good, since my 13 y/o son has dubbed me “the anti-Dad”. Here’s a few of the nifty and odd sites that […]

LDAP for authentication on Mac OS X

Well, so here’s the latest from the research department. I’ve gotten as far as getting OpenLDAP to work using the Apple schema extensions.
The Apple extensiosn are dependent on two schema’s 1) the apple LDAP extensions. 2) the Samba schema.
The fortunate thing is that Apple is not really doing anything proprietary. They are extending two RFC’s […]

Mac OS X & LDAP

Well, as you can see below, I’vve had some free time on my hands.
During this hiatus, I’ve been messing with LDAP & OS X integration.
I think that I can basically fool my laptop into thinking that there is an OS X Server in the basement, even though its a linux box running netatalk, Samba, and […]

Go Dave!

Once again, Dave got the whole webserver/moveable type thing going like gangbusters. Now all of the three folks who read this site can have new stuff to look at.
Other recent developments over the course of the summer of no posts.
Another season of outdoor rock and roll video madness has come and will […]