"Jon Aquilina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > my question though is what is the best way in the linux world to get windows > machines to join a linux domain which is being hosted by bind
I don't understand the question, but it sounds off-topic unless you have a heterogeneous cluster. As I understand it, `joining a domain' is basically sharing an authentication token -- a Kerberos key in the case of AD. (It probably also involves ceding control of the client system to the `domain controller', à la what Centrify & al will do if you're not careful.) The `domain' in the AD case is basically a Kerberos realm. Realms aren't intrinsically related to DNS, though typically a site's realm is named after its domain; it's just that AD unfortunately conflates them, amongst other things. If you have the misfortune to have nodes running MS Windows and want them to authenticate to a normal Kerberos realm, see e.g. <URL:http://www.h5l.org/manual/heimdal-1-1-branch/info/heimdal.html #Configuring-Windows-2000-to-use-a-Heimdal-KDC>, though I've not done that in a cluster. For ultimate control on clients, you can use the PAM-like system (in MS Windows XP, at least) called GINA. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
