Bright: node provision
this web page shows how to let the headnode serve as an external LDAP server to manage the user account on a nodes with standard CentOS installed.
Settings for LDAP Server
Once the bright cluster manager is installed, let shorewall open the ports for LDAP Add the following content in file /etc/shorewall/rules
# for ldap ACCEPT net fw tcp 389 ACCEPT net fw tcp 636
Settings for LDAP Client
yum -y install openldap-clients nss-pam-ldapd authconfig --enableldap --enableldapauth --ldapserver=172.23.19.254 --ldapbasedn="dc=cm,dc=cluster" --enablemkhomedir --update
restart nslcd and nscd service
/etc/init.d/nslcd restart /etc/init.d/nscd restart