We're doing this on our student web server as well. No student IDs are actually defined on that box, rather the box uses the Active Directory as the authentication source, and lets people in by looking up the ID and password there.
On 8/2/07 10:18 PM, "Tom Cort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> One of the best fronts to pursue in getting Ubuntu or any Linux distro >> accepted in the schools is to get LDAP and Active directory working >> correctly and in harmony. > > I've gotten several Debian and Ubuntu systems to talk to Active Directory and > LDAP servers to authenticate system users. If anyone wants the instructions, > let me know and I'll forward them to you. I also have some PHP code that can > authenticate users with LDAP and Active Directory. > > -Tom >
