Had it been possible, only the general users (Operations) would
have been authenticated via ldap. Their activities would probably
have been limited to checking tapes in/out and the like. I would 
have made sure there were at least a few userids that were 
authenticated locally.

Personally, I'm glad it's not possible. That makes it easier
to say no :)

Loren Cain
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Salak Juraj
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:21 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: AW: Can TSM use LDAP for admin authentication?

Hi!

Assuming you will NOT backup your LDAP Servers with TSM wait for this support, 
it is not available yet.

Assuming you WILL  backup your LDAP Servers with TSM this is a bad idea: 
backups are fo restore: how can you restore a malfunctioning LDAP when you 
cannot log-in because of maflunctioning LDAP?

regards
Juraj

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Im 
> Auftrag von Loren Cain
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 09. November 2005 15:03
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: Can TSM use LDAP for admin authentication?
> 
> We are building a new TSM installation for a client and I have been
> 
> asked if TSM can use LDAP to authenticate the admin userids. They
> 
> don't want to have to maintain a separate userid/password mechanism
> 
> just for the TSM servers if they can avoid it.
> 
>  
> 
> I have never seen anything that leads me to believe this is possible,
> 
> but I've also never seen anything that says it isn't. Unfortunately,
> 
> searches for keywords like "ldap" in the list archives and 
> support site
> 
> results in many, many hits on how to back up ldap, but not on how
> 
> or whether to use it.
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone know if this can be done?  The only alternative I have so 
> 
> far is some sort of scripted mechanism to regularly pull data 
> from ldap
> 
> and update TSM.
> 
>  
> 
> This is on TSM 5.2.3, on Solaris9.
> 
>  
> 
> Loren Cain
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