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diff --git a/ipa-server/README b/ipa-server/README index e69de29bb..15e5a816e 100644 --- a/ipa-server/README +++ b/ipa-server/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +IPA uses Kerberos with an LDAP storage backend and some custom plugins +to help manage users and passwords. + +A UI interface is provided to make user administration and self-service +possible. A set of command-line utilities that should provide the same +capabilities is in ipa-admintools. + +Firefox +------- + +The Gecko engine provides an interface for managing a user's configuration +in Javascript. Naturally this is highly protected and the user gets an +appropriately dire warning when you try to do this. It also requires +signed javascript. + +During installation a signing certificate is created that creates +and signs /usr/share/ipa/html/configure.jar which contains the javascript +to update the browser configuration. User's are directed to go to +/errors/preferencs.html to load this javascript and apply the changes. + |