-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Not sure why you didn't use Google (apparently, as this didn't take me very long), but I did:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/story8718.html Take a gander. Matt Lozier wrote: > Yes, this is all correct and I fully agree with everything that Gaiseric has > said. However, the problem I'm dealing with is that I *still* have XP Home > machines that I need to work with. Until these are phased out, and replaced > with Pro Ed., I'm stuck if I want to implement SSO -- I think, unless I run > an LDAP server and install pGina with the LDAP plugin. > > I didn't want to have to go this route, but I think that it may be the only > option available! > > Thank you to everyone for their input -- > > --- > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Gaiseric Vandal > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 8:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Single Sign On, authentication, and Windows XP Home > > To the best of my knowledge, you can't join XP Home machines to a > domain. Which would be a major argument against ever using XP Home > in a work environment. (I realize many businesses buy this because > they think it is cheaper.) > > If you don't use a domain setup, if you have a user account for each > user on the server at set the password to be the same user's account > on his or her own machine, the file access should be pretty > transparent. > > My experience is that once you have more than 3 machines in a > workgroup, switching to the domain model is well worth the effort. > (And I would suspect less effort then going with an LDAP or NIS > client.) > > just my 2c. > > On Dec 21, 2007 3:11 PM, Matt Lozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I have a small (medium?) sized network of about 30 XP machines. About 2/3 >> of these machines are running Home Ed. while the other 1/3 are running >> Professional Ed. >> >> >> >> I currently have two samba shares, and I'm using 'user' security. >> >> >> >> I want to implement single sign on, some way, somehow. I've considered: > NIS >> and LDAP, but I can't get the NIS pGina plugin to work with my NIS server, >> and LDAP seems like a beast to setup, though I'm willing to go for it if > it >> means that I'll be able to get SSO working. >> >> >> >> Does any one have any suggestions / recommendations? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >> - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer II |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHc75Kmb+gadEcsb4RArn6AJ9Z0LLsWVwuVi9ceByzaJoEH7xLrQCgjr71 gfzwXbN2XaSP+manZcolCp4= =rFmW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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