Yes, you can. But you can even go one step further: you can put a Debian or Mandrake Server in as well. That way you get the full benefit of Linux :)
More seriously, you can always say during the Mandrake 9 installation process that it should authenticate against a windows NT 4 Server, which is the LANMAN compatibility. It does this through winbind. However, with a little more expertise, you can edit the pam files, install the Heimdal files on you Mandrake boxen, and set up a Kerberos 5 server, if you really want to get off M$. If you still need access to some M$ applications, you can set up a Win2k server with Terminal Services, and use RDesktop. You can also get the Win2k server to behave as if it were a Kerberos authentication client using some of the documentation on M$'s website (it has somethin' to do with kadmin, IIRC). I have implemented a similar, but less advanced system at Caringbah High School, my HS; I have implemented other systems like this within the enterprise I currently work at. Best of luck! And of course, I'd like to congratulate you on your choice to desert M$. :) Michael van der Kolff A Perfect PC Gymea, Sydney, Australia On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 00:11, Keith Spencer wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to get off the M$ roundabout. Bill has earnt more than > enough from us! > Is is possible to keep my Win2k domain and replace the > workstations with Mandrake? ATM I have win2k workstations so > the replacements would need to somehow support "roaming > profiles" whatever that means in Linux or some solution like it. > They would also have to authenticate with the Win2k server and > connect to shared volumes there. > Is any/all of this possible? or am I really barking up the wrong tree > and am stuck with M$ > We have 200 + school computers to fool with. Any school ever > done it? > Thanks in advance > Keith > Keith Spencer > IT coordinator > St Margaret Marys College > Townsville North QLD Australia > http:\\www.smmc.qld.edu.au > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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