Jeff, Well, first of all, are you running an NT domain (or NIS) or a peer-peer network. You might get more control if you use Linux running samba as your domain controller (windows style domain). At least all of your configuration choices will be more visible.
Authentication, in itself, implies you are running some kind of domain scenario, such as NT or NIS. The whole thing will be simpler if you avoid the NT domain scenario. Unless you really to delve into NT technology (and win2000 and XP) with respect to domain control, consider using a more generic alternative. LDAP is up and coming for this kind of thing. Some folks look to replace NIS with it. I'm sure it weighs more but it will do more and open source versions (openldap) are available. Another question is: Do you want to learn past technology or future technology? Learning both is a lot to chew on. Roughly speaking, the way I see the wind blowing, at present, is: NT, Novell and NIS especially, are authentication and domain control technologies of the past. LDAP is more likely the future. If you're coming into network/domain authenticaion and domain control as a newbie in 2002, I'd suggest delving into LDAP. I may choose to go there myself. I'm not saying I know anything about it, I'm just saying I think that's the way the wind is blowing. There is a good article on using LDAP for just this kind of thing in Linux Journal, September 2001 issue. The article includes URL's for further info, downloads and the authors email address (he's in the Netherlands). Tell us about your travels. I'd like to hear about this. Wayne Jeffrey Yep wrote: > Hi everyone, > > These are the scenarios I wanted solve for my curiosity :- > > 1) A Windows 2000 or NT based network with Windows 98/2000 clients > 2) A Novell Netware based network with Windows 98/2000 clients > > I know to implement file, print, mail, database, firewall, proxy, webhosting > services (did I miss any?) with Linux is not that tough with the > documentation available. > > But what I'm trying to find out is how do you authenticate users from a > single point as in Windows 2000 Active Directory, Windows NT domain > authentication or Novell Netwares NDS authenticaion? Also, suppose you don't > want Windows 98/2000 acting as clients but a Linux desktop, then how would > you implement authentication? > > Any ideas? I'm just doing this for purely research purposes just in case I > ever do convince the department to make the migration. > > Thanks in advance, > Jeff > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
