Windows Domain auth for Linux boxes

[Matt Morgan]

On 05/28/2004 07:10 PM, Craig White wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 12:14, Matt Morgan wrote:
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>>On 05/28/2004 02:21 PM, Craig White wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 10:40, Matt Morgan wrote:
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>winbind allows Windows domain users (and their group memberships) to act
>as if they had a local account, even going as far as creating their home
>directory if necessary.
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>Not sure why you want another review when the official (and quite
>outstanding) How-to for Samba is on their web site.
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Well, I'm sure there's nothing that I couldn't figure out all by myself 
from the myriad of conflicting, incomplete, error-prone sources online 
with a lot more work, trial-and-error, and existential pain than it 
takes to solicit help from the list. If I had all the time in the world.

That how-to may be excellent, but it still confuses someone who's 
starting from zero. I read it, and I have questions--it's not a be-all, 
end-all for all my problems. And believe me, I've tried this before and 
failed. It's just nice to hear from some people that it actually works 
for them. Otherwise how do I know whether I just made a mistake, or 
whether it really doesn't work the way I want it to? It's a lot of work 
setting something like this up, and I /don't/ have all the time in the 
world. Getting a step-by-step (Tarun's response, for example) was an 
unexpected bonus.

Honestly, this whole thread, at least for me, was a confirmation of the 
efficiency and value of the open-source support model. All of us are 
smarter than some of us!

--Matt