In this guide let us see how to configure Linux clients to authenticate using OpenLDAP server. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be using Debian 8 MATE desktop as LDAP client. My client system’s details: Operating system: Debian 8 MATE desktop IP Address: 192.168.1.150/24 My LDAP Server’s details: Operating system: Ubuntu 15.04 server IP Address: 192.168.1.100/24 Configure Linux Clients To Authenticate Using OpenLDAP Here, I am going to split this tutorial into two sections. First, we’ll see how to install LDAP client on Debian 8, and then we’ll see how to configure Debian 8 desktop to authenticate. 1. Install LDAP client I assume that you’ve had a working LDAP server already. If not, refer the above link to setup OpenLDAP server in Debian and Ubuntu and its derivatives. Now let us install the required packages in our LDAP client. Switch to root user: sudo su Or su Run the following command from your Terminal to in...