May 2004 • Volume 13 • Number 5

Features

LDAP is quickly emerging as the standard for hierarchical data, such as user and group data. In this article, Machols shows how to put LDAP to work.

Configuring Linux for LDAP Name Service and Authentication • John D’Emic

D’Emic describes how to configure slapd, the OpenLDAP directory server, to serve authentication data.

The OpenLDAP Proxy Server • Reinhard E. Voglmaier

Voglmaier explains the architecture of the OpenLDAP implementation and shows how to build and configure the OpenLDAP proxy server.

Remotely Monitoring Files with PHP • Russell J.T. Dyer

This is the first article in a series on PHP in which Dyer will present various scripts for monitoring and maintaining servers. In this first article, he examines a PHP script that scans for files on an FTP server.

Secure File Transfer with chroot’ed SFTP-Only Accounts • Ralph Durkee

Durkee shows how, with open source software, it’s possible to get chroot’ed restricted account functionality from OpenSSH.

Using Screen • Robert Bernier

Bernier examines the capabilities of Screen, a console-based window manager that creates virtual windows.

Fanout — Tools for Simultaneous Administration of Multiple Systems • J.D. Baldwin

Baldwin describes fanout and fanterm, open source tools for executing commands on multiple machines and controlling multiple terminal sessions.

Persistent Linux with User-Mode Linux • Edward L. Haletky

Haletky shows how to automatically start, stop, and update a persistent UML (User-Mode Linux) session without changing the base file system image once it’s been set up.

Migrating to DHCP Jumpstart • Ralf van Dooren

van Dooren describes a way to migrate a conventional Jumpstart environment to a DHCP Jumpstart environment.

Python in Systems Administration: Part VI—Wrapping up Python • Cameron Laird

Laird ties up some loose ends in this last part of his series on Python.

Columns

Questions and Answers • Amy Rich

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