Herman et al,
I should have mentioned that - the "main" server is SUSE PPC. If it is
possible to "authenticate" with SAMBA (obviously that isn't the services
purpose)? I am getting VERY little cooperation from my boss/admin and if
I can work with the existing setup (avoiding changes, opening ports on
the main server, etc) that would be ideal
Thanks,
Jeff C
Herman Bos wrote:
Jeff Casimir wrote:
Edubunters,
I'm a high school teacher and Edubuntu-experimenter thanks to Jeff
Elkner & Kevin Cole.
We've got the default install up and running - the first time you see
the thin clients come up it is pretty impressive!
Now I want to get fancy. Our Edubuntu setup is a small "writing
lab." Outside that lab we have an existing network and many machines
that authenticate/connect to a central server.
What I would really like to do is have the Edubuntu server "link up"
somehow with the existing server to authenticate users and, if
authenticated, mount their network drives.
I'm not a UNIX master and not the admin of the main server. The main
server exposes SAMBA services for sure, and I believe exposes PAM.
Can either of these be used to do what I want? What do I call this?
Can someone help me get started?
Just in case I'm not explaining it clearly, this is what I'm envisioning:
1) User sits at an Edubuntu thin client and enters their "normal"
username/password used on the other school machines
2) The client sends the info to the Edubuntu server
3) The Edubuntu server asks the main server if the credentials are valid
4A) If invalid, reject login.
4B) If valid, allow login.
5B) Mount user's SAMBA drive from the main server onto the client session
Possible? Insanely complicated? Trivial?
Thanks for your time,
Jeff
If the main server is an Linux or some UNIX variant its best to mount
the homedir with NFS.
Wat kind of server is this mainserver? What OS? Which services are
running here?
Depending on the service where you can authenticate to you can configure
PAM with the right module.
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