[CLUE-Tech] Samba Workstation?

[Jim Ockers]

> One of the nice things about a Windows domain is that any user with a
> domain account can log in to any workstation on the domain.  Further, a
> user can be terminated on the domain, and will be unable to login to any
> workstation on the domain.
> 
> Can this be reproduce with a Linux workstation on a Windows domain?

Yes.

> I have an existing Windows-based network infrastructure, and would like
> to "seed" the building with Linux boxen, but in order to do so, I will
> need some way to centrally manage accounts, and preferably, allow my
> users to use their pre-existing accounts.

Look for winbindd which lets samba use Windows NT domain accounts.

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Jim Ockers, P.Eng. (ockers at ockers.net)
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