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#use wml::debian::template title="General LDAP Documentation"
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<p>
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debian.org uses a single LDAP driven directory for account managment across
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all the project run <a href="/machines.cgi">machines</a>. This directory
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also provides services for leaving vacation notices, updating
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/developers.loc">xplanet</a> coordinates,
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email forwarding, ssh authentication keys and other information.
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Note: the 'passwd' program and 'chfn' do not work with LDAP information.
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Please use the web page or email gateway for the time being. All machines
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running OpenSSH are using replicated SSH RSA authentication keys.
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<h1>Security and Privacy</h1>
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Three levels of information security are provided by the database. The first
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is completely public information that anyone can see either by issuing an
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LDAP query or by visiting the web site. The next level is "maintainer-only"
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information that requires authentication to the directory before it can be
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accessed. The final level is admin-only or user-only information; this
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information can only be viewed by the user or an administrator.
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Maintainer-only information includes precise location information
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[postalcode, postal address, lat/long] telephone numbers, and the vacation
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message.
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Admin-only/user-only information includes email forwarding, ssh keys and
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the encrypted password. Note that email forwarding is necessarily publicly
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viewable from accounts on the actual machines.
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Entries in the directory are keyed to the developers PGP key, whoever has that
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key can make any change to the directory through the mail interface.
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<h1>Access</h1>
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The directory has several means to access it:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://db.debian.org/login.html">SSL Web Forms</a>
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<li>Finger gateway, <tt>finger foo@debian.org</tt>
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<li><a href="doc-mail.html">Mail gateway</a>
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<li><a href="doc-direct.html">Direct LDAP Access</a>
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<li>LDAP command line tools such as <tt>ud-info</tt>
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</ul>
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<a href="password.html">Lost or forgotten password instructions</a>
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