Re: [seul-edu] Linux connects to NT Server

[Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>]

Les Richardson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a lab of dual boot workstations and want to connect them, on logon,
> to their home folders on an NT2000 server. 
> 
> There are several solutions:
> a) NIS add-on on NT2000 - this appears to be flaky, although we haven't
> done much work with it.
> 
> b) Latest Samba has a PAM module to allow logging on the Windows domain.
>   Using this we download a password file generated via perl script on
> server. Using this password file we then mount the home folder of user.
> 
> However, I would like to use Slackware on the workstations, but it doesn't
> support, at least natively, PAM. I may be forced to use Redhat instead.
> 
> Any ideas or comments?
> 
> Les Richardson
> H. Hardcastle School
> Edam, Sk. Canada
> 


Slackware doesn't use PAM???  That would be reason enough to switch to a 
different distribution.  PAM gives you logins to LDAP, NIS, NIS+, 
Windows, Netware, Radius etc., and can greatly increase security as well.

- cameron
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