> -----Original Message----- > From: Iain Buchanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2007 09:13 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] [OT] linux authentication server > > Hi all, > > this one's a bit OT... > > I have a linux server and multiple (<10) windows xp clients. So far, > each windows client has it's own user and password info stored on it. > This slowly becomes harder to manage as a user has to have an account on > each machine, and has to change passwords in multiple places. > > Therefore, I'm looking for an active directory kindof server for linux. > I have minimal experience with AD, if it even is available the way I > think it is for linux, but I have no doubt I can pick up the > administration. Your opinion on your favourite, and why, would be very > useful to me. Any tips / howto would also be great. > > thanks!
Hi Iain, Take a look at SAMBA, if you have limited experience with AD type stuff it may even be better to run your small network using an NT4 style domain. Regards, Wayn0 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
