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<H1>General LDAP Documentation</H1>
<p>
-debian.org uses a single LDAP driven directory for account managment across
+debian.org uses a single LDAP driven directory for account management across
all the project run <a href="/machines.cgi">machines</a>. This directory
also provides services for leaving vacation notices, updating
<a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/developers.loc">xplanet</a> coordinates,
email forwarding, ssh authentication keys and other information.
<p>
-Note: master and va do not presently use the LDAP directory. Only lully
-uses replicated SSH RSA authentication keys and master does not use the
-email forwarding field (but all other machines do)
+Note: the 'passwd' program and 'chfn' do not work with LDAP information.
+Please use the web page or email gateway for the time being. All machines
+running OpenSSH are using replicated SSH RSA authentication keys.
<h1>Security and Privacy</h1>
Three levels of information security are provided by the database. The first
is completely public information that anyone can see either by issuing an
-LDAP query or by visiting the web site. The next level is "maintainer-only"
+LDAP query or by visiting the web site. The next level is "developer-only"
information that requires authentication to the directory before it can be
accessed. The final level is admin-only or user-only information; this
information can only be viewed by the user or an administrator.
<p>
-Maintainer-only information includes precise location information
+developer-only information includes precise location information
[postalcode, postal address, lat/long] telephone numbers, and the vacation
message.
<p>
<h1>Access</h1>
The directory has several means to access it:
<ul>
-<li><a href="https://db.debian.org/login.cgi">SSL Web Forms</a>
+<li><a href="https://db.debian.org/login.html">SSL Web Forms</a>
<li>Finger gateway, <tt>finger foo@debian.org</tt>
<li><a href="doc-mail.html">Mail gateway</a>
<li><a href="doc-direct.html">Direct LDAP Access</a>
<li>LDAP command line tools such as <tt>ud-info</tt>
</ul>
+<p>
+<a href="password.html">Lost or forgotten password instructions</a>
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