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#use wml::db.d.o title="General LDAP Documentation" |
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<p> |
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debian.org uses a single LDAP driven directory for account management 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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<p> |
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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 |
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<em>developer-only</em> information that requires the search to be |
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performed from a .debian.org machine (see <a href="doc-direct.html">this |
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tutorial</a> on how to use ldapsearch from a .debian.org machine for a |
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direct connection to the LDAP daemon) or from the web interface after |
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one has authenticated themselves as a Debian Developer. The final level is |
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<em>admin-only</em> or <em>user-only</em> information; this |
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information can only be viewed by the user or an administrator. |
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<em>developer-only</em> 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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<em>Admin-only/user-only</em> information includes email forwarding, |
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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@db.debian.org</tt> |
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<li>GPG key gateway, <tt>finger foo/key@db.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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