Am Do, den 18.03.2004 schrieb K. Richard Pixley um 02:02:
> I'm at a loss for how to do authentication well for a small group of
> linux machines.
>
> We have several linux hosts, all of which run samba, and all of which
> should use a single password per user, or at least, a single password
> change program which changes all passwords. Samba really wants to use a
> domain server or to keep it's own password database separate from the
> unix passwords.
>
> Any suggestions on how to get these all authenticated off the same database?
>
> The only thing I can see to do is to turn one into a domain controller
> and have everything else authenticate off that. Are there any other
> alternatives?
>
> --rich
You can make use of a central LDAP server. You can authenticate shell
access against such a server as well as Samba auth. (What Microsoft does
with actual Win2k/Win2k3 Active Directory domains is nothing else than a
combination of LDAP, Kerberos and DNS.)
Alexander
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