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. ---- 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
