I have been asked to convert the engineers at a company from Win2K desktops to Debian.
The Front Office staff will stay on Win2K. They currently do simple peer-to-peer networking, with all the attendant ID and password hassles that implies. They have a "server" which is currently just a peer workstation with a share on it that gets backed up. This they want converted to Debian as well (rather than purchase Win2K server and CALs). What do people recommend for a directory service in this environment? Everyone should be able to log onto every system, Debian or Win2K - there is no need to restrict that. IIRC, two years ago, PAM and radius was the way to go. You'd setup a radius server with your userIDs, passwords, etc. and configure the Unix boxes to use PAMradius for login authentication. You'd setup Samba on your Unix server, make it the PDC for the NT Domain, and have Samba use PAM to authenticate the Windows Networking authentication requests. Is this still the way to go? Are people using LDAP instead of Radius for the authentication database and PAMldap? Also, there is some PAM-related caveat that's part of the Debian install that I don't remember . . . Looking for guidance from a trusted community. madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
