From: Don Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > our other alternative ms sql server 2000 which has the ability to > authenticate off samba
Uh, oh! Another of our brethren is being tempted by the Dark Side. I doubt that MySQL could be easily coerced into external authentication, since the existing authentication is just info in the "mysql" database. But, there's always a solution to using a MicroSoft solution. Here's one plan: Set up some type of hook into the password assignment tool for Samba. When a password gets changed, update MySQL accordingly. I haven't worked with Samba, so I don't know how passwords are managed there, but I'm sure that you could at least write a wrapper around the call to the Samba password tool to get this done. Make sense? If not, let us know. I'll help if you need. --- Rodney Broom Programmer: Desert.Net Spam filter: sql database --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
