Re: Associating Unix User Accounts with Servers

From: joe durusau (joe.durusau_at_lmco.com)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:48:30 -0400

Kushal Agarwal wrote:

> Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:<2r8u70F17275sU2@uni-berlin.de>...
> > On 20 Sep 2004 13:46:47 -0700, Kushal Agarwal <kushal.agarwal@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I was wondering, how can I associate unix user accounts to work with
> > > various servers, such as Database servers, Administration servers,
> > > etc.
> >
> > Details will be environment-specific. NIS+, LDAP, lots of options.
> >
> > > Additionally what interface does unix provide for this type of
> > > association?
> >
> > It depends.
>
> Sorry.. my mistake, I actually meant application, and not server.
>
> The problem is that I don't want the application to store its own list
> of users inside it, rather, it should use the list already defined in
> the UNIX network. So is there any interface that UNIX provides to
> allow the application to access the UNIX user accounts/authentication
> procedures.
>
> Kushal.

How secure does this mechanism have to be? If it is just a matter
of Jones always wants app X to start automatically, but there is no
reason to be afraid of Jones doing something else, you could define a
shell that would do waht you want. If it has to be hard to break out
of the defined app, there would be more trouble.

Speaking only for myself,

Joe Durusau

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