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General LDAP Documentation

-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 machines. This directory also provides services for leaving vacation notices, updating xplanet coordinates, email forwarding, ssh authentication keys and other information.

-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.

Security and Privacy

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.

-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.

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Lost or forgotten password instructions -

Back to the Debian Project homepage. -

-You can contact us at admin@db.debian.org.

+Back to the Debian Project homepage. +

+ +You can contact us at +admin@db.debian.org. + +