Description: Adapt README.LDAP to the actual state of the sudo-ldap package Author: Marc Haber --- a/README.LDAP +++ b/README.LDAP @@ -35,18 +35,8 @@ They are one and the same. Build instructions ================== -The simplest way to build sudo with LDAP support is to include the -'--with-ldap' option. - - $ ./configure --with-ldap - -If your ldap libraries and headers are in a non-standard place, you will need -to specify them at configure time. E.g. - - $ ./configure --with-ldap=/usr/local/ldapsdk - -Sudo is developed using OpenLDAP but Netscape-based LDAP libraries -(such as those present in Solaris) are also known to work. +The Debian package of sudo-ldap is already built with LDAP support +using the OpenLDAP libs. Your mileage may vary. Please let the sudo workers mailing list know if special configuration was required @@ -174,13 +164,10 @@ I recommend using any of the following L There are dozens of others, some Open Source, some free, some not. -Configure your /etc/ldap.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf -==================================================== -The /etc/ldap.conf file is meant to be shared between sudo, pam_ldap, nss_ldap -and other ldap applications and modules. IBM Secureway unfortunately uses -the same file name but has a different syntax. If you need to change where -this file is stored, re-run configure with the --with-ldap-conf-file=PATH -option. +Configure your /etc/sudo-ldap.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf +========================================================= +The Debian package sudo-ldap uses /etc/sudo-ldap.conf as configuration file +and is configured to use nsswitch. See the "Configuring ldap.conf" section in the sudoers.ldap manual for a list of supported ldap.conf parameters and an example ldap.conf @@ -192,9 +179,6 @@ After configuring /etc/ldap.conf, you mu to tell sudo to look in LDAP for sudoers. See the "Configuring nsswitch.conf" section in the sudoers.ldap manual for details. Note that sudo will use /etc/nsswitch.conf even if the underlying operating system does not support it. -To disable nsswitch support, run configure with the --with-nsswitch=no option. -This will cause sudo to consult LDAP first and /etc/sudoers second, unless the -ignore_sudoers_file flag is set in the global LDAP options. Debugging your LDAP configuration =================================