[TriLUG] Need some help with LDAP

[Brian Blater]

Hey LUGers,

I'm getting started on a Proof of Concept here at $WORK where I would
like to show the possibility of getting rid of our MS SBS boxes and
putting a Linux server in place to show we can have the same
functionality etc but get more bang for the buck.

I've setup one of our Dell servers with Ubuntu Hardy Server and have
installed DHCP, DNS, Postfix, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Samba, Webmin and
LDAP. So far so good. I've been working on the LDAP database and
getting everything to work with that. One issue that came up with LDAP
is the ability to disable a user account. We don't immediately delete
a user account, but disable it for a time and then later delete it. I
have looked for something in LDAP to mark an account as disabled but
for the life of me I can't find anything. My Google searches didn't
turn up anything that logically worked (maybe I was just looking for
the wrong terms.)

Anyways, I believe there are several of you out there that have setup
account management using LDAP and I'm wondering how you have been able
to disable an account? Thanks for any help you can give me as I try to
get make Linux more visible in our organization.

Thanks,
Brian