Re: How can I make MS-windows use openldap to authenticate the login?

[julien Touche <julien.touche@lycos.com>]

Brenda Bell wrote:
> Shi Jin wrote:
>
> > But although it may seem obvious I
> > could not find a way to make our MS-windows machines
> > to use ldap as their authentication. Could anybody
> > tell me how to do that?
> > We have Win-2k and Win-Xp machines. Do we need to
> > install  any new software?
>
>
> I don't believe it's possible to have users on W2K/XP authenticate 
> directly against a directory other than ActiveDirectory.  I think what 
> you're looking for is Samba.  Samba will provide the Linux side of 
> things for the Microsoft network protocols (SMB, NetBIOS) and will 
> authenticate against OpenLDAP.  There are several how-to's available... 
> google for "samba ldap".

there is pGina, if you want ONLY auth for win to LDAP Server
http://pgina.cs.plu.edu/

Regards

		Julien