On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 19:40, Matt Morgan wrote: [snip] > I would like to switch my organization from Windows 2000 professional to > Linux on the desktop. [snip] > > It's authentication that worries me. Our servers are a mix of Windows > 2000/2003 and Linux, and our primary authentication is against Windows > 2000 Active Directory servers. What we are having difficulty replicating > under Linux is the ease of domain logins on the workstations, where > essentially there are no local accounts; the workstation is a member of > the domain and it trusts domain accounts for local login. So > authentication is almost entirely centralized; anyone can login to any > workstation (within limits we set) on the domain, and we don't have to > do anything to copy accounts to each workstation. While we may > eventually dispense with the Active Directory servers, they will be with > us through the transition period (1.5 to 2 years, I estimate) and maybe > longer, so some system that allows compatible, shared auth between > Windows and Linux workstations is a requirement for our transition. [snip] > Thanks, > Matt Morgan > Manager of Information Systems > Brooklyn Museum Hi Matt, I know these are not free solutions but Novell has products like Account Management, eDirectory and Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) with single sign-on functionality. Maybe they are a solution. Good luck and (imho) please keep this list informed of any solutions you may find. Regards, Patrick
