Am Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007 schrieb ext Daniel Iliev: > On Thu, 10 May 2007 16:42:48 +0930 > > Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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! > > A possible free solution is using samba as PDC and an LDAP > authentication. Check theese out:
Since Win XP also uses Kerberos 5 for authorization, adding a KRB 5 server to this may also be a good idea. Avoids to have passwords accessible anywhere (even not in encrypted form) and allows for true "single sign on". > http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/index.html > http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ http://sial.org/howto/kerberos/windows/ Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net
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