Re: LDAP authentication from Windows (newbie questions)

[Christoph Neumann <enigma@apu.edu>]

Here at Azusa Pacific University we have had much success with the 
Windows->Samba->LDAP approach.

- Christoph


On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Tarjei Huse wrote:

> Hey, 
> 
> Instead of doing windows->nis, create a samba PDC using samba-tng or normal
> samba with ldap.
> 
> That's a better Idea.
> 
> Tarjei
> 
> Afshin Behnia wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've been looking at replacing our Windows NT Domain Controllers with NIS on
> > Linux and installing NISGina on our Windows clients so that they can
> > authenticate against NIS, when a friend suggested I take a look at OpenLDAP
> > as an alternative to NIS.  After going through the documentations, FAQs, and
> > searches on Google, I have not come across any way that a Windows NT or 2000
> > machine can authenticate against an LDAP server - I'm sure I'm missing it
> > somehow. Is this possible in a manner similar to NISGina?
> > 
> > Info on NISGina can be found at:
> > http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-11/lw-11-integration_p.html
> > http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~williams/
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Afshin Behnia