<commit_before>Title: LDAP Quickstart
Date: 2014-05-10 15:29
Author: jchen
Category: blog
Tags: linux
Slug: ldap-quickstart

[![](/thumbs/ldap_thumbnail_wide.jpg)](/img/ldap.jpg)

## Quickstart notes for LDAP:

LDAP seems to be the "best" solution for a centralized authentication
management system. However, it is also ridiculously overcomplicated. If I had
bigger balls, I would want to write a simplified version. Unfortunately, I
opted to write a quick blog post so I can keep a quick refresher course on the
crap that is LDAP configuration.

### TL;DR:

This is a quickstart for LDAP. You'll probably want to read the manpage or
something. We're running two Debian Wheezy Linodes, `dfw0.serv.pw` and
`dfw1.serv.pw`, with dfw0 being the LDAP server, and dfw1 being just a client<commit_msg>add an attribute to the header img so pelican stfus<commit_after>Title: LDAP Quickstart
Date: 2014-05-10 15:29
Author: jchen
Category: blog
Tags: linux
Slug: ldap-quickstart

[![ldap header image](/thumbs/ldap_thumbnail_wide.jpg)](/img/ldap.jpg)

## Quickstart notes for LDAP:

LDAP seems to be the "best" solution for a centralized authentication
management system. However, it is also ridiculously overcomplicated. If I had
bigger balls, I would want to write a simplified version. Unfortunately, I
opted to write a quick blog post so I can keep a quick refresher course on the
crap that is LDAP configuration.

### TL;DR:

This is a quickstart for LDAP. You'll probably want to read the manpage or
something. We're running two Debian Wheezy Linodes, `dfw0.serv.pw` and
`dfw1.serv.pw`, with dfw0 being the LDAP server, and dfw1 being just a client
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