From the course: Linux System Engineer: Authentication with LDAP and Kerberos

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Set up LDAP database

Set up LDAP database

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Set up LDAP database

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- [Instructor] At this point, we should have a working ldap server installation, that hasn't been set up yet with a database. Ensure you're still in the chapter two exercise files directory in your RH host 1VM. For me this is /home/user1/ExerciseFiles/Ch 02. We'll start by copying the sample database schemas from the operating system. Type in sudo space cp space /usr/share/openldap-servers/ DB_CONFIG, all uppercase, .example space /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG, all uppercase, and hit enter. Type in your password if prompted. Now let's change the ownership to the ldap user and group. Type in sudo space chown space -R space ldap:ldap space /var/lib/ldap, and hit enter. Let's clear the screen again. Type in clear, and then we'll add some schema files. Type in ls space -l space/etc/openldap /schema, and hit enter. We're going to want three of these. Cosine, nis, and inet org person. Type in clear, and then type in sudo space ldapadd space - capital Y space EXTERNAL, all uppercase, space -H…

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