Kerberos5 is required. I'll see if I can remember the document I put together at work and we'll see if that meets your needs. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph M. Gaffney [mailto:CuCullin@wtfisthat.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:05 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Partial Migrations... SUSE with MS AD On Tuesday 31 January 2006 21:42, Alain Black wrote:

What does partial migration mean?

SAMBA will act as a Windows Domain Controller and regular Windows clients can authenticate to it.

Yes, but what about SUSE authenticating to a Windows Server using Active Directory services? I haven't done it myself, so I'm not sure. Partial as in a few minor systems here and there, and some even under a dual-boot scenario. You'd be surprised how many people this applies to... I honestly just replied with "It'd be easier with a linux server, and windows clients". However, thats not always possible. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org

Yes, but what about SUSE authenticating to a Windows Server using Active Directory services?

There are many ways to do this ... a few: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Authenticating-Linux-Act... http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/network/0,39044847,39081966-39000223c-1,00.... http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/slides/ad-integration.pdf http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/09/2318244&tid=102&tid=101&tid=100 Also, you can use Centeris to not only authenticate but also manage the server from MMC: http://www.centeris.com/contact/reg_likewiseeval.php

I just need to reiterate something, this is not for me, I don't even have a windows machine in my house - everything is linux. So, unfortunately, that means I can't test/write something up. I sent an email off to the admin here at work, he's using a screwed up Novell/AD combo, and I asked if I could try something out on a spare windows server. He's one of those worrying types who won't let anyone test anything, even on a seperate, standalone, available server. So, for that reason, I don't know that I'll be able to try and set something up with which I can test and do the write up. I asked because I've seen questions like this before, on mailing lists, forums, and personally, and I usually don't have an answer. I think this is something that would be a nice addition to the wiki, so I wa sasking you guys for input. Alain, if you can find that document, that would be fantastic :) Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin