On 3 Nov, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Stephen S. Musoke wrote:
Reinier,
Thanks, but my problem is the other way around. I already have a
Windows
network with Active Directory, and I have added the first Ubuntu box.
I am trying to get the Ubuntu box to show mapped drives for users
who log
onto the box. Is it possible anyway for a user to log onto an Ubuntu
box
using Active Directory.
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto> shows
how to authenticate against AD using winbind. <http://wiki.randompage.org/index.php/DistOS:Linux:Debian:Samba
> works better for 9.04 and onwards but the differences in
instructions are not that huge.
As others have mentioned, roaming profiles will require playing with
samba. Ubuntu ships with a tool under [System \ Preferences \
Sessions] (for 8.x and bellow) and [ System \ Preferences \ Startup
Items ] for 9.x that allows you to set a script to start when a user
logs in - not too unlike the windows logon script or startup items
shortcut idea.
You'd have to put working smb-mount commands into a script which you
then add to this list[*].
Thanks in advance
Stephen
--
patrick
[*]HINT: read through the previous posts and use the user's
"Documents" folder that Ubuntu creates as the mount point to the AD
server SMB folder to make it transparent.
Alternatively, play with the "template homedir" settings in your
smb.conf. Should be fun.
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