[K12OSN] RE SME Server Authentication

[Larry McPherson]

Do you authenticate OSX against your SME server, and if so, do you know 
of a how-to?

Great how to on contribs!! With pictures too.

Larry

Steve Towson wrote:
> Hi List.
> 
> I finished instructions on how to authenticate a Fedora 7 workstation 
> against SME Server.  It works pretty well except for automatic 
> unmounting of shares on logout.  Maybe someone can help me there?
> 
> The how to is located on the SME Server wiki - 
> http://wiki.contribs.org/Fedora7
> 
> Levi:  SME Server is a great alternative to a Windows Server 
> PDC/Exchange Server.  It has an attractive interface through which you 
> set up users, groups and shared folders.  The shared folders can be 
> websites or just plain shared file places.  Users automatically receive 
> a log in account and an email address, with auto-synced passwords.  It 
> acts as a PDC as far as Windows computers and users are concerned, and 
> I've shown above how to auth Fedora 7 against it.
> 
> It makes a great print server, you can set up automatic backup with easy 
> restore.  It has automatic RAID monitoring.  It's just cool.
> 
> Add a few contribs like GroupOffice - 
> http://wiki.contribs.org/GroupOffice - and you've got a winning server.  
> You can install moodle on it, and auth against the email accounts, 
> giving you powerful single-sign-on capabilities.
> 
> The only thing left to check for me is whether I can authenticated 
> K12LTSP against it.  And fix the unmount thing.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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