[Samba] Single Sign On, authentication, and Windows XP Home

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Chris Smith wrote:
> On Thursday 27 December 2007, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>> Not sure why you didn't use Google (apparently, as this didn't take
>> me very long), but I did:
>>
>> http://www.ntcompatible.com/story8718.html
> 
> My experience is that that hack is relatively useless for this purpose. 
> The app may have improved but what I found: the user still needs a 
> local account and all it does is persistently apply a set of 
> credentials that will allow access to domain resources. Which can 
> easily be done with a persistent share, albeit the domain credentials 
> will need to be entered on startup unless the local credentials are 
> identical.
> 
> XP Home simply sucks, even DOS with the Workgroup Add-On can interface 
> with an MS Domain better. The Vista Home editions are probably just as 
> sucky in this regard although I haven't seen them yet.
> 
> Businesses that license the home editions are making an expensive 
> mistake.

There's one thing we can agree on. :)

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