For those who are new or forget - I have a RHEL 5 Server and a few
dualboot XP w/SP2 and CentOS 5 systems. The Linux machines were installed
straight of CD/DVD, no patches.
I was initially going to try a single sign-on to the RH 5 box via LDAP,
but RH says it simply isn't possible and I don't know my way around LDAP
other than it is a database and exists.
So, option 2 is to simply have the RH 5 Server act as a Windows PDC via
Samba and use NIS to enable users to log in, all the while, in either
situation, having the RH 5 box serve out the user's central home directory
- mounted as a drive letter under Windows, or exported under Linux.
I've spent much of last week and much of today [trying to learn] LDAP, and
today, finally deciding to dump that, but proceeding with Samba as a PDC.
For Samba as a PDC - what is the best way to have Win XP Pro w/SP2
successfully authenticate to Samba as a domain controller with encyrpted
passwords? And, to have Samba establish the user's home directory as a
mapped drive? I've used a barrage of web sites showing various smb.conf
confing files but can't yet get my test XP machine to authenticate to the
domain I set in my smb.conf file.
For NIS - what is the best way to permit the user to log into their
account, created on RH 5 server, and have their home directory exported to
their workstation?
I presume there will be no problem with users simultaneously logging into
multiple workstations, be it Linux or Windows?
I only bother the list because I have scoured so many web sites, some with
a variety of options, I believe I'll get the best answer here.
Thanks.
Scott
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