Integrating RHE3 & Windows 2k3

[Mark Farmer]

Jason Williard wrote:
> I have 5 servers (3 RHE3; 2 Win2k3) that would like to integrate with a
> single authentication system.  The 2 Win2k3 servers are currently connected
> via Active Directory and I have been experimenting with ways of connecting
> RHE3 to Win2k3.  So far, I have tried Microsoft's Services for UNIX.  This
> works, but only synchronizes the password for user's that already exist.  
> 
> I would like to be able to manage users from a single system, either Windows
> or Linux.  In the ideal situation, I could add, remove or modify users and
> have the changes propagated to all systems.  The only solution that I have
> been presented with so far is to use LDAP to connect to Active Directory and
> provide authentication to the Linux systems.  However, I have run into a
> couple problems.  With the documentation I have been able to find, I would
> need one of two tools; Either Vintela's VAS or AD4Unix.  While VAS seems
> like a good solution, it requires a larger expense than my company can
> afford at this time.  As for AD4Unix, I have been unable to find a recent
> distribution.  From what I can see, the development has halted.
> 
> With that, does anyone have any suggestions on what route I should take?  
> 
> ---
> Thank You
> Jason Williard
>  
> 
> 

If it helps anyone, I found a pdf document (actually it's more of a book!) provided 
by MS that deals with this.  I can't provide much more info at this stage as i'm in 
the process of working through the relevent parts myself, but it's certainly worth a 
look for anyone trying to intergrate linux into win2k3 AD.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=144f7b82-65cf-4105-b60c-44515299797d&displaylang=en

HTH

-- 
Mark Farmer
Linux System Administrator

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