CUGNet has gone LDAP!

For a long time coming now there has been a push to goto LDAP for authentication on CUG. The benefits of doing this allow for a single point of authentication for not only system logins, but also tie in applications and web apps all under the same authentication model. There is still a lot of work to do to get all of the environment moved over, however the hard part of getting cugshell authenticating to it over the flat file is a definate start.

Thing ofcourse didn’t go as smoothly as we had hoped as the salted md5 hashes in the shadow file did t seem to take in the LDAP tree, forcing us to ask the users to file support tickets to reset their passwords. Most of the heavy users have already done so, and those that haven’t will likely visit the website and see the message on the main page.

Once we have completed the move, the next stage is going to the the website redesign. Something a little easier to manage and cleaner to the eye seems to be a must at this point.

As you can see we have been busy in CUG land and intend to be for some time to come. As always if you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to comment!