clarify how LDAP works correctly authored by anarcat's avatar anarcat
...@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ There are multiple possible access levels, often conflated: ...@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ There are multiple possible access levels, often conflated:
runs as root everywhere runs as root everywhere
4. LDAP admin: a user member of the `adm` group in LDAP also gets 4. LDAP admin: a user member of the `adm` group in LDAP also gets
access everywhere through `sudo`, but also through being able to access everywhere through `sudo`, but also through being able to
impersonate or modify other users in LDAP impersonate or modify other users in LDAP (although that requires
shell access to the LDAP server, which normally requires root)
5. password manager access: a user's OpenPGP encryption key is added 5. password manager access: a user's OpenPGP encryption key is added
to the `tor-passwords.git` repository, which grants access to to the `tor-passwords.git` repository, which grants access to
various administrative sites, root passwords and cryptographic various administrative sites, root passwords and cryptographic
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