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Today Gustavo Rios contributed the following:
Dear folks! I am in need for integrating a set of windows dektops with some openbsd servers. I have two openbsd boxes: one acting like an NFS server and another with NIS + Kerberos. The OpenBSD workstations are already working with authentication being provided by NIS+Kerberos and storage centrally managed by a NFS storage server. The problem comes when i think on about 50 desktops running Windows XP/2003. I would like those windows boxes to grab the users/groups information directly from my nis/krb server, as also performs SSO based on the user principal stored on that same nis/krb server. Another important aspect is about NFS. The home directories needs to be made shared accros windows boxes. I am not considering using SAMBA. But i do consider adding an extra layer for authentication (since it will be added for email/proxy auth): openldap server. The problem is how to integrate OpenLDAP/NIS/KRB/NFS with those WIN boxes. Services For Unix (by MS) provides a consistent support for NFS client, i believe! Could i use it? Is there anything i should be aware about, before trying it? Now another problem: How to make windows authentication directly by means of NIS/KRB or even from OpenLDAP? I was searching the web and found about "GINA" (Graphical Identification aNd Authorization): It the windows login interface, it can be replaced. I searched some in the town ad found: http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~frink/newgina_pre09/readme.html http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/~doug/gina.html http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/14433/14433.html I would really LOVE to see what you have to write on such matters. Thanks A LOT for your time and cooperation. best regards
Services for Unix (by MS) works fine for me here on Windows XP, both with OpenBSD and FreeBSD. Little slow sometimes, but for the last 8 months, has been reliable. I've had no problems. Hope this helps some. Denny White GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A iD8DBQFDZ4Ply0Ty5RZE55oRApK6AKCWPhaD/BC+9C+tYaaKfVrnKCxUKACeIJFe ahRMiJVZ9Xv/IIMcZTeb1oE= =EtaK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
