On 27/01/05 04:06 +0530, Varun Varma wrote: > Rohan Romanus Almeida wrote: > > HI, > > > > Can samba authenticate users from a Radius server? > > I tried google, and it looks helpless. No anwers anywhere. > > Lots of negative reactions, like its even useless to do so. > > > > Any of the listers know something about this? > > Samba with PAM and use one of the PAM Radius modules. > > Note to everyone: For any question regarding authentication, please > lookup PAM resources first: > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ > > Disclaimer: I have no first hand experience for the kind of setup > suggested above. It does seem like an out of the ordinary design.
Why is it out of the ordinary? RADIUS is often used for this type of setup. More commonly, both RADIUS and Samba will hook onto a LDAP server for authentication. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
