Chris Rowson wrote:
Hello folks,
I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of
central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops.
At work, I achieve this using Active Directory and Windows, but I
wondered if there was a Linuxified version of this setup.
Chris,
openLDAP is the best bet for storage.. though having a disconnected
centralised authentication system I was unable to implement last time I
tried it.
My setup is with Windows Clients - so that's all I can suggest for now -
though it seems to be a fairly common goal, so other people
Hello folks,
I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of
central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops.
At work, I achieve this using Active Directory and Windows, but I
wondered if there was a Linuxified version of this setup. I've been
thinking of
Greetings,
Ive just achieved similar us NIS. It took me a few days but I
managed to get it working:
This helped: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/36
Also there is something called LDAP but thats for another day with me.
Greetings,
Ive just achieved similar us NIS. It took me a few days but I
managed to get it working:
This helped: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/36
Also there is something called LDAP but thats for another day with me.
Sorry, forgot something else:
http://www.ltsp.org/
also might be of help.
Chris Rowson wrote:
Hello folks,
I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of
central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops.
At work, I achieve this using Active Directory
It did with NIS
I had to give the clients the IP address of the NIS server and edit the
user and password files to point there (best way i could think of saying
it).
This was carried out by editing various text files in /etc
In fact looking back on it, apart from some head bang wall moments,
It did with NIS
I had to give the clients the IP address of the NIS server and edit the
user and password files to point there (best way i could think of saying
it).
This was carried out by editing various text files in /etc
In fact looking back on it, apart from some head bang wall
Ooooh,
I do see that One step windows domain joining ability is labeled as
an essential blueprint for Hardy :-)
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/windows-authentication-integration
That should help promote Ubuntu takeup in the enterprise.
Chris
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