On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 02:51:24PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 04:20:57PM -0400, Subba Gaddamadugu wrote: > > can pam_smb be used for NTLM authentication? > > For passing authentication through to a Windows domain, you should use > pam_winbind instead. pam_smb is no longer maintained. Is there any way with pam_winbind to keep UIDs in sync across multiple machines? At one time, we had looked at using winbind for authenticating our Linux and Solaris hosts to our PDC, but the UID mismatching among machines was a major stumbling block. We replaced it with a combination of pam_smb and synchronizing local /etc/passwd files among the hosts. Is there a simple way to have one machine (the file server would be a primary candidate) handle winbind, and then offer UIDs to the other hosts via ldap or some other network method, in effect chaining the authentication process? -- Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University -- renfro@tntech.edu
