[brlug-general] Login server?

[Dustin Puryear]

What Kevin said.

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Kevin Kreamer wrote:
> Joe Fruchey wrote:
>> I meant that I wanted Windows and Linux users to both be able to log
>> in. How do I accomplish that?
> 
> OpenLDAP, generally.  A possible way to go about this is to install and
> configure OpenLDAP as a network service.  Then, on the Linux machines
> you want to use for this, you use the pam_ldap module to make PAM do
> authentication using LDAP.  Samba also can look to LDAP for
> authentication information.  And, of course as was said before, the
> Windows boxes can look to Samba for their authentication needs.
> 
> There's a bunch of documentation around the Internet, and plenty enough
> installing and configuring to get your feet soaking wet :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> 
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