Hi guys, I had it almost working with the users actual home dirs being their windows home dirs, but there was a problem with file locking that prevented the user from logging in in gnome, text based was fine. I know there is some easy integration working going on, lets hope it get's even easier for Feisty
Pete Kory Mohr wrote: > > Howdy, Clay! Thx much for your message. I did a bit of research, based > on your message, about keeping SSH authentication. It seems that > libpam-mount 0.15 might be okay with SSH. I had read that anything > before 0.10 had issues with SSH. > > I’d hate to bring a Server 2003 terminal server into the mix, ie: > > http://math.univ-lille1.fr/~hafidi/terminal-services/homedirs_on_windows_and_authentication_on_linux.html > <http://math.univ-lille1.fr/%7Ehafidi/terminal-services/homedirs_on_windows_and_authentication_on_linux.html> > > There’s an excellent write-up on the LTSP site here: > > http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WinIntegration > > I’m half tempted just to look into giving the respective home > directories access via a web browser via authentication since this > server sits behind our firewall anyway. > > I’ve begun working with pam_mount but am not real clear about how it > all ties together. > > You’ve given me a good start, Clay. Thx again! > > Regards, > > Kory > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Clay Berlo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:19 AM > *To:* Kory Mohr > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Success!! And a SAMBA/winbind question... > > Kory, > > Well, I've done exactly what you're looking for, and it can be a pain > to configure. Also, it "voids the manufacturer's warranty" (seems to > have to run in a non-standard configuration that breaks other > functionality). > > Basically, there's a PAM module called pam_mount that allows you to > automatically mount shares at login. Works very well for ADS/winbind > authentication and home drive mounting. However, in order to make this > work, I had to ditch the SSH-based LDM login used by default in > Edubuntu and switch to pure XDMCP. There seems to be some kind of > problem passing the authentication token from SSH on to the pam_mount. > > So, at least in my experience thus far, you can either have the SSH > logins found in Edubuntu by default (and have the lovely local devices > etc. that are in Edgy) or you can have your home drives mounted at > login. If I could find a way to do both, that would be just perfect! > > So, how do you get this working? In short, install the pam_mount > (apt-get install libpam-mount) and configure it to mount your > appropriate shares. It's fairly simple, but seems to fail when used in > combination with SSH. I'd be curious to know if a more recent install > fixes this, but last I tested a couple of weeks ago with Edgy, it > still had issues. > > Good luck! > > ~Clay > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
