Raspberry PI – LDAP Auth

Using Rasbian 20-12-2013 with updates

Install libnss-ldap

apt-get install libnss-ldap

Once complete you’ll be prompted for ldap details

ldap server e.g ldap://192.168.1.3/ ldap://192.168.1.2/
base dn e.g dc=system,dc=local
ldap version e.g 3
Does LDAP require login e.g No
Special LDAP privileges for Root e.g No

Once you’ve given the ldap details you need to update nsswitch.conf

nano -w /etc/nsswitch.conf

Previous config:

passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat

hosts:          files dns

networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

New config:

#passwd:         compat
passwd:         files ldap
#group:          compat
group:          files ldap
#shadow:         compat
shadow:         files ldap

hosts:          files dns

networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

Then we add the following so that home directories are automatically created

nano -w /usr/share/pam-configs/my_mkhomedir
Name: activate mkhomedir

Default: yes
Priority: 900
Session-Type: Additional
Session:
required                        pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0022 skel=/etc/skel

Apply the above using

pam-auth-update

To make sure everything is applied and the cache daemon doesn’t screw about I reboot. Once reboot login worked fine. A few commands that can help see what’s happening

getent passwd
getent group
tail /var/log/auth.log

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