This article assumes the SoftNAS LDAP server is the Test Server Created in the SoftNAS LDAP Server Article.
However, these steps will work by replacing the relevant data to access existing LDAP Servers.
SoftNAS provides limited Support for LDAP integration.
As root:
1. yum -y install openldap-clients nss-pam-ldapdo
2. nano /etc/openldap/ldap.conf (add the following lines at the end):
URI ldap://x.x.x.x/
BASE dc=softnasdomain,dc=com
TLS_CACERTDIR /etc/openldap/certs
3. nano /etc/nslcd.conf(add the following):
uri ldap://x.x.x.x/
base dc=softnasdomain,dc=com
ssl no
tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/certs
4. nano /etc/pam_ldap.conf( add the following):
base dc=softnasdomain,dc=com
# add at the last line
uri ldap://x.x.x.x/
ssl no
tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/certs
pam_password md5
5. This step cam be done in Webmin as shown below(attached image "ONE")
--ALSO, add the following line in /etc/pam.d/system-auth:
account [default=bad success=ok user_unknown=ignore] pam_ldap.so
REFER TO IMAGE ONE
6. The following changes can be made in Webmin as seen below or manually in /etc/nsswitch.conf:
REFER TO IMAGE TWO
7. nano etc/sysconfig/authconfig
# line 18: change
USELDAP= yes
8. chkconfig nslcd on
9. reboot
----Optionally--- Users and groups can be added in Webmin for LDAP using the LDAP User and
Groups module after all the above is setup.
-SoftNAS Support Team