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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: 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 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
developer-only
information that requires the search to be
performed from a .debian.org machine (see
this
tutorial
on how to use ldapsearch from a .debian.org machine for a
direct connection to the LDAP daemon) or from the web interface after
one has authenticated themselves as a Debian Developer. The final level is
admin-only
or
user-only
information; this
information can only be viewed by the user or an administrator.
developer-only
information includes precise location information
[postalcode, postal address, lat/long] telephone numbers, and the vacation
message.
Admin-only/user-only
information includes email forwarding,
ssh keys and
the encrypted password. Note that email forwarding is necessarily publicly
viewable from accounts on the actual machines.
Entries in the directory are keyed to the developers PGP key, whoever has that
key can make any change to the directory through the mail interface.
Access
The directory has several means to access it:
SSL Web Forms
Finger gateway,
finger foo@db.debian.org
GPG key gateway,
finger foo/key@db.debian.org
Mail gateway
Direct LDAP Access
LDAP command line tools such as
ud-info
Lost or forgotten password instructions
You can contact us at
admin@db.debian.org
Last Modified: Sun, Apr 13 09:10:29 UTC 2025
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