Single Password - Linux & Windows

Daniel wrote:
> Jason Williard wrote:
>
>> I have 5 servers; 3 RedHat and 2 Windows 2003 Server. I would like to
>> use a single password for all of these. When thinking about this, I
>> had 2 thoughts that came to mind. 1) Setup the 2 Windows servers as
>> domain controllers and find a mechanism to connect the linux machines
>> to that. 2) Setup 2 of the linux machines with Samba to act as domain
>> controllers. Unfortunately, I don't know which is the best option, or
>> if either of these is the best.
>>
>> What is the best way for me to do this? In the end, I would like to
>> have the system administrators be able to login to any of the servers
>> with a single login. As well, I would like to use the password for
>> specific access for employees, such as pop3/imap/smtp and a few other
>> integrated services.
>>
>> Any suggestions or information would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Jason Williard
>>
>
> LDAP, LDAP, LDAP!!! Use Windows 2K3 domain controllers for
> authentication. Then set up linux to use LDAP (via PAM i think it is
> called) to authenticate you to log onto any computer. In SuSe you can
> do it vi YaST, I do not know about RedHat though.

I agree with LDAP and PAM, but you need to include Samba.

Keep in mind you might have to install MIT Kerberos on the Win2k3
machines. With Win2k Kerberos and MIT Kerberos are "different."

I found this , should be usefull:
http://www.redmondmag.com/columns/ar...itorialsID=858

Thanks.

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"Mats" <matsmcp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Take a look at services for unix. It can provide login support and user
> handeling for Unix clients against your AD. It's also a free download from
> MS
>
> "Jason Williard" <jwilliard@pcsafe.net> wrote in message
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>> I have 5 servers; 3 RedHat and 2 Windows 2003 Server. I would like to
>> use
> a
>> single password for all of these. When thinking about this, I had 2
>> thoughts that came to mind. 1) Setup the 2 Windows servers as domain
>> controllers and find a mechanism to connect the linux machines to that.
> 2)
>> Setup 2 of the linux machines with Samba to act as domain controllers.
>> Unfortunately, I don't know which is the best option, or if either of
> these
>> is the best.
>>
>> What is the best way for me to do this? In the end, I would like to have
>> the system administrators be able to login to any of the servers with a
>> single login. As well, I would like to use the password for specific
> access
>> for employees, such as pop3/imap/smtp and a few other integrated
>> services.
>>
>> Any suggestions or information would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Jason Williard
>>
>>
>
>