08-11-2010
where do the configuration files from Redhat (fedora) authconfig-tui reside?
I have tried moving out the /etc/ldap.conf as well as /etc/openldap/ldap.conf files. I have LDAP Authentication turned on in the TUI. It lets me define a host and base, but the entries are not saved to the above files. /etc/sysconfig/authconfig has a bunch of environmental variables, but none point to the ldap server. Yet it knows which LDAP server to fall back on when I try to log in over sshd. Of course I ask this because LDAP authentication is not working for me right now (well working on one machine, but not on another, although they have the same slapd.conf configuration).
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
authconfig
AUTHCONFIG(8) System Manager's Manual AUTHCONFIG(8)
NAME
authconfig - an interface for configuring system authentication resources
SYNOPSIS
authconfig [--back] [--test] [--nostart] [--kickstart] [--probe] [--enablecache] [--disablecache] [--enablenis [--nisdomain <domain>]
[--nisserver <nisserver[,nisserver...]>] ] [--disablenis] [--enableshadow] [--disableshadow] [--enablemd5] ] [--disablemd5] ] [--enableldap
[--enableldapauth] [--enableldapssl] [--ldapserver <ldapserver>] [--ldapbasedn <basedn>] ] [--disableldap] [--disableldapauth]
[--enablekrb5 [ --krb5realm <realm> ] [--krb5kdc <hostname[,hostname,...]>] [--disablekrb5] [--krb5adminserver <hostname[,hostname,...]>] ]
[--enablehesiod [--hesiodlhs <lhs>] [--hesiodrhs <rhs>] ] [--disablehesiod] [--enablesmb [--smbworkgroup <workgroup>] [--smbservers
<server[,server]>]]
DESCRIPTION
authconfig provides a simple method of configuring /etc/sysconfig/network to handle NIS, as well as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, the files
used for shadow password support. Basic LDAP, Kerberos 5, and SMB (authentication) client configuration is also provided.
The authconfig window contains a Cancel button by default. If --back is specified at run time, a Back button is presented instead. If
--test is specified, authconfig can be run by users other then root, and any configuration changes are not saved. If --nostart is specified
(which is what the install program does), ypbind will not be started or stopped immediately following program execution, but only enabled
to start or stop at boot time. if --kickstart is specified, no interactive screens will be seen. The values the program will use will be
those specified by the other options (--enablemd5, --usehadow, etc.).
The --enablenis, --enableldap, and --enablehesiod options are used to configure user information services in /etc/nsswitch.conf, the
--enablecache option is used to configure naming services caching, and the --enableshadow, --enablemd5, --enableldapauth, --enablekrb5 and
--enablesmb options are used to configure authentication functions via /etc/pam.d/system-auth. Each --enable has a matching --disable
option that disables the service if it is already enabled.
The --probe flag instructs authconfig to use DNS and other means to guess at configuration information for the current host, print its
guesses to standard output, and exit.
The default in kickstart mode (i.e. without any additional options) is to not change the current settings.
RETURN CODES
authconfig returns 0 on success, 2 on error, and 1 if the user cancelled the program (by using either the Cancel or Back button).
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/authconfig
Used to track whether or not particular authentication mechanisms are enabled. Currently includes variables named USESHADOW,
USEMD5, USEKERBEROS, USELDAPAUTH, USESMBAUTH, USEHESIOD, USENIS, USELDAP.
/etc/passwd,
Used for shadow password support.
/etc/yp.conf
Configuration file for NIS support.
/etc/sysconfig/network
Another configuration file for NIS support.
/etc/ldap.conf
/etc/openldap/ldap.conf Used to configure LDAP (and OpenLDAP, respectively).
/etc/krb5.conf
Used to configure Kerberos 5.
/etc/krb.conf
Used to configure Kerberos IV (write-only).
/etc/hesiod.conf
Used to configure Hesiod.
/etc/pam_smb.conf
Used to configure SMB authentication.
/etc/nsswitch.conf
Used to configure user information services.
/etc/pam.d/system-auth
Used to configure PAM for system services via pam_stack(8).
SEE ALSO
passwd(5), shadow(5), pwconv(1), domainname(1), ypbind(8), nsswitch.conf(5)
AUTHORS
Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>, Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>, Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
4th Berkeley Distribution Mon 30 July 2001 AUTHCONFIG(8)