RE: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?
Hi Brandon, That's not going to do what I think you want. Let's get you a solution. I very much appreciate your time! 1. Are you trying to sync your linux user db with windows user db? yes 2. Approximately how many linux hosts/windows hosts. We have three linux boxes and about 300-400 windows boxes. We are starting to migrate certain things off of Windows onto Linux. We've got about 500 users, so I'd rather not have to manually create that many users and try to get all of their passwords. That, and I'm hoping to avoid headaches when users change passwords every 60 days. 3. Are you using (on windows) local accounts, domain accounts, or active directory accounts. They started out as domain accounts, but have been switched over to active directory accounts. All our servers are win2k, except for one exchange box that is a backup domain controller. Thanks again for your time! -- Jody Cleveland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?
Hi Jody, Looks like what you want is MS SFU (Services for Unix 2.0 or 3.0). http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/techinfo/administration/20/nis.asp You may already have 2.0. I haven't been able to determine if it was included. 3.0 is available for $99 from Microsoft. It includes an NIS server. Once that's running, you can configure your linux boxes to authenticate with the NIS server. In this way, no new accounts need be created on the linux boxes. I've done this with other Unix variants, but you may need to look around to find out how to do this in Linux. There may be an alternative. You could run an NIS server on linux and with some utility, sync the NIS server with the Active Directory. But I've haven't found it yet. And it would probably still require SFU. Personally, I would go with the first option. Hope this helps, Feel free to contact me if you need further information. ~Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 06:49, Jody Cleveland wrote: Hi Brandon, That's not going to do what I think you want. Let's get you a solution. I very much appreciate your time! 1. Are you trying to sync your linux user db with windows user db? yes 2. Approximately how many linux hosts/windows hosts. We have three linux boxes and about 300-400 windows boxes. We are starting to migrate certain things off of Windows onto Linux. We've got about 500 users, so I'd rather not have to manually create that many users and try to get all of their passwords. That, and I'm hoping to avoid headaches when users change passwords every 60 days. 3. Are you using (on windows) local accounts, domain accounts, or active directory accounts. They started out as domain accounts, but have been switched over to active directory accounts. All our servers are win2k, except for one exchange box that is a backup domain controller. Thanks again for your time! -- Jody Cleveland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?
On Monday 13 Jan 2003 1:57 pm, Jody Cleveland wrote: Hello, For the sync of unix to Samba users, there's an option in Webmin under Samba to sync users/passwords - towards the bottom of the screen. You can always do it by hand, but I prefer the Webmin method cuz it works like a champ. Is there anything else I need to do? Do I need to do anything on the windows side? I tried logging on as a Windows user who I haven't setup in Linux, and it didn't work. It wouldn't. You need a user account on your host machine, with login and password exactly the same as on the windows machine. You must also have the users set up as samba users, again making sure that the password is identical to the windows password - and don't forget that it's case sensitive. HTH Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 07:23, Jody Cleveland wrote: Hello, I'm wondering, is there any way to synchronize windows users with Mandrake? -Jody Cleveland Yes, you can do it with Samba via Webmin - easy as pie. -- Sat Jan 11 09:25:00 EST 2003 9:25am up 11:36, 3 users, load average: 0.34, 0.46, 0.30 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- If we see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of an oncoming train. -- Robert Lowell Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 10:49, Jody Cleveland wrote: Yes, you can do it with Samba via Webmin - easy as pie. Um... How? For the sync of unix to Samba users, there's an option in Webmin under Samba to sync users/passwords - towards the bottom of the screen. You can always do it by hand, but I prefer the Webmin method cuz it works like a champ. -- Sat Jan 11 10:45:01 EST 2003 10:45am up 12:56, 3 users, load average: 0.43, 0.57, 0.35 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
