On 24 October 2010 09:31, Dan Attwood <danattw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can't say i've used it but there is a package called likewise in the > Ubuntu repos that allows you to join an active directory domain. It might be > worth playing with this. > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
We've just started using Likewise Open in work, and it works almost seamlessly. You can log into a domain account (it gives you a different home directory), you can access network shares without re-authenticating, the computer joins the domain too. I can join computers to the domain without admin rights, not sure if that's what Paul M-R meant. Both the computer and my user account were already on the AD domain from the Windows install. With the version in the repo, I had to join my computer to the domain twice (with a reboot in between) before I could successfully log in. With the latest version 6.0 from the website, I only had to join the domain once then reboot, then I could sign in (2 different machines, in case you're wondering). I haven't yet found out if there's a likewise command to change domain password, but I think the smbpasswd command works without likewise installed. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/