samba, ldap, active directory, domains, and the serious need for a brew

[Andrea Zolnhofer & Michael Ott]

hi hayden!

i had the same problem. but kow i have samba for microsoft-products and
nis for 
linux-products. nis works at unix too, but not by me.
all have the same password und the same account and the same
home-directories

i hope, that i can you help a little bit.

Hayden Wimmer wrote:
> 
> here it is....we need winnt 4, nt2000, unix, and linux. i want 1 username
> and password for all resources.  this needs to work with nt 4's domain
> structure, 2000 active directory, and unix.  the only idea i have is open
> ldap on linux and use that as the validation for linux, and 2000 how do i
> incorporate the other pieces. i can use nis but that doesnt fix win2k.  if
> win2k is my pdc can i do all of this...someone please point me in the right
> direction ...until then i will have to drink my frustrations away..lol
> 
> hayden wimmer
> super-geek