AD Authentication?

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Kenny Lussier <klussier at gmail.com> wrote:
>  What if I can touch the AD servers? Or, at least, I sit next to the
>  guy that can touch the AD servers? Are there other options?

  SFU (Services For Unix, "free", from Microsoft) aims to make Windows
speak Unix protocols to your Unix boxes.  It's the logical inverse of
Samba.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Services+For+Unix%22

  So, with SFU, you could use closer-to-native tools (like NIS or
LDAP) to have the Unix boxes authenticate to Active Directory.  That
would probably yield a smoother integration, since those protocols
provide more Unix-like capabilities than SMB does.  You could, for
example, control the Unix home directory path from AD, or the Unix
UID/GID.  I've never used SFU myself, but I've heard of others who
have used it successfully (for something).

-- Ben