On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:18:15 -0700 "James D. Parra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > What is the best method to have one central Linux server handling > login authentication for Linux and windows machines? > > What I would like to achieve is; > > 1) Provide only network server logins for Linux boxes and have no > local accounts on any Linux machine. > > 2) Have /home/$USER reside on the centralized Linux login server and > not on local machines. > > 3) Ditto for windows machines (I know I can achieve this with Samba > for windows clients, unless there is a better way) > > If anyone has this type of environment set up, I would greatly > appreciate your help and advice. > > Many thanks in advance, This post got me interested so I did a little googling and found this how-to and list of links: http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP.html#LDAPAUTH -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A priest advised Voltaire on his death bed to renounce the devil. Replied Voltaire, "This is no time to make new enemies."
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