[Samba] Authenticating Linux boxes against Active Directory, using Samba as a sort of AD Proxy

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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> Alex Davies wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm trying to find a open source solution to authenticate a bunch of
>> Linux machines (and, ideally, network devices etc.) against Active
>> Directory, as unfortunately in our organization this is the primary
>> source of account data. The complication we have is that my
>> organization has more than one Active Directory Domain, each hosted on
>> its own collection of domain controllers. This breaks every technique
>> i've found for authenticating Linux machines directly against AD. In
>> Windows, users select the relevant domain when they login to a PC and
>> everyone is happy [there is a trust relationship between our domains].

You might want to take a look at either rolling your
own Samba/Winbind solution or try using Likewise Open

http://www.likewisesoftware.com/community/index.php/download/spring08/






cheers, jerry
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