Have you checked out Samba, it is very configurable
and I believe can be setup as a login server
comparable to an NT Domain Controller.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James D. Parra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Redhat-List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: Single login server for windows and Linux


> Hello,
>
> What is the best method to have one central Linux server handling login
> authentication for Linux and windows machines?
>
> What I would like to achieve is;
>
> 1) Provide only network server logins for Linux boxes and have no local
> accounts on any Linux machine.
>
> 2) Have /home/$USER reside on the centralized Linux login server and not
on
> local machines.
>
> 3) Ditto for windows machines (I know I can achieve this with Samba for
> windows clients, unless there is a better way)
>
> If anyone has this type of environment set up, I would greatly appreciate
> your help and advice.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
>
> James
>
>
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