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

["David Smith" <DavidSmith@byu.net>]

Windows boxes only know how to authenticate to Windows Domain Controllers.
Samba can do this for you. Samba can be configured to authenticate its
users to LDAP. So when a user logs in, this is what happens:

WinBox -> SambaDC -> OpenLDAP

That's what I have setup for about 100+ Win2k boxes and it works
beautifully. Both my Windows and Linux boxes authenticate to the same
place.

--Dave

<quote who="Brenda Bell">
> 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".
>
> HTH
>
> Brenda
> http://opensource.theotherbell.com