> Is it possible to authenticate users against the existing NT accounts on
the NT(2000) DOMAIN. I know there are external modules like ntauth which
> probably do that. But to be frank, the documentaion is not upto the mark.
Can someone please help me how to use the module
> and any security issues involved. The machine I am running is part of the
domain and I would like users to authenticate using their NT Domain
username/password.
Hi,
With NT authentication, you have a choice to either using NTAuth, or getting
dnews to authenticate with NT directly.
When using $lookup$ entries to look up username and passwords, dnews will
check against the local system for authentication. If you need to
authenticate against a domain, you can add the following to dnews.conf
nt_domain domain
(This can be a list of domains)
And then, users can authenticate using their domain login 'user@domain' and
their normal password.
The documentation for external authentication modules can be found here -
http://netwinsite.com/dmail/user.htm#external_authentication
As you note, this documentation is presently not very extensive. I believe
this documentation is about to be restructured and separated from the dmail
manual. I will suggest the documentation be improved when this occurs.
- Roydon L.
