lamdaemon.pl is used to modify quota and homedirs on a remote or local host via ssh. If you want wo use it you have to set up many thins to get it work. 1. Set values in LDAP Account manager * Set the remote or local host in the configuration (e.g. 127.0.0.1) * Set the remote-path include filename of the script (/srv/www/htdocs/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl) 2. Set up ssh We have to connect to the remote host as the user your webserver is running. Because we can't enter the password for it we have to authenticate without entering a password * Switch to the user your webserver is running as (e.g. su wwwrun) * switch to homedir of the webserver user (e.g. cd ~) * create the ssh-keys, just press enter if you'll asked for a password (e.g. ssh-keygen -t dsa) * Check if the user your webserver is running as does also exists on remote-host * Copy the content of ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub from the system LDAP Account manager into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote machine * Connect to the remote server via ssh $remotehost Answer the next question with yes if the remote key is valid. You should be asked for a password 3. Set up sudo The perlskript has to run as root (very ugly I know but I haven't found any other solution). Therefor we need a wrapper, sudo. Edit /etc/sudoers and add the following line: $wwwrun All= NOPASSWD: $path $wwwrun is the user your webserer is running and $path is the path include the filename of lamdaemon.pl e.g. wwwrun All= NOPASSWD: /srv/www/htdocs/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl 4. Set up perl We need some external perl-modules, Quota and Net::LDAP Th install them, run: perl -MCPAN -e shell install Quota install Net::LDAP Please answer all questions to describe your system Every additional needed module should be installed automaticly 5. Set up lamdaemon.pl Make all needed changes in lamdaemon.pl Now everything should work fine This is a very incomplete Documention for Alpha-Release only. Pleas send a mail to TiloLutz@gmx.de if you have any suggsestion