Windows Domain auth for Linux boxes

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 12:14, Matt Morgan wrote:
> On 05/28/2004 02:21 PM, Craig White wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 10:40, Matt Morgan wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>Xandros Desktop Linux has done a lot of work, starting back when they 
> >>were Corel Linux 1.0, in creating a system of Windows domain login that 
> >>works under Linux. See
> >>
> >>http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT4559768996.html
> >>
> >>for details of how this should work, and does work under Xandros. But 
> >>Xandros is uncomfortably proprietary for me and I would much prefer a 
> >>more open solution. As far as I can tell, Xandros does not make it easy 
> >>to use their domain auth system generally, with other distros for 
> >>example. In the interview at the link above, the Xandros rep claims 
> >>there is no other distro that does this--while I don't know of any that 
> >>do, it seems like such an obvious goal that I'd be very surprised if 
> >>nobody else is at least working on it.
> >>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >-----
> >samba / winbind
> >
> >if you need documentation
> >
> >www.samba.org  -> documentation, samba-3 howto
> >
> >Craig
> >  
> >
> According to that interview:
> 
> "Basically, on a technical level, the authentication in the domain is 
> performed by a package called Winbind that is part of Samba. But we do a 
> lot more -- we provide the login dialog that allows them to enter the 
> user name and password, not from the local machine but from the domain."
> 
> (which is specifically the problem I'm trying to solve). Are you using 
> samba/winbind? If someone were actually using it and could tell me how, 
> in practice, it works out, I'd buy him or her a beer :-). But I will 
> check out those docs, thanks.
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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.

Not sure why you want another review when the official (and quite
outstanding) How-to for Samba is on their web site.

Craig